The shore of Lochgyle has been referred to as 'fatal shore!' The poetic device used here

is ________________.

(i) metaphor

(ii) simile

(iii) transferred epithet

(iv) onomatopoeia

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(iii) transferred epithet

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The shore of Lochgyle has been referred to as 'fatal shore!' The poetic device used here is ________________. (i) metaphor (ii) simile (iii) transferred epithet (iv) onomatopoeia

(iii) transferred epithet

The shore of Lochgyle has been referred to as 'fatal shore!' The poetic device used here

is ________________.

(i) metaphor

(ii) simile

(iii) transferred epithet

(iv) onomatopoeia