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What figure of speech is used in the given line?
I walked along the lonely road.

Transferred Epithet

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Solution

The correct option is A
Transferred Epithet

I walked along the lonely road. - The speaker’s quality of loneliness is transferred to the road.

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What figure of speech is used in the given line? I walked along the lonely road.

The correct option is A Transferred Epithet I walked along the lonely road. - The speaker’s quality of loneliness is transferred to the road.

What figure of speech is used in the given line?
I walked along the lonely road.

The correct option is A
Transferred Epithet

I walked along the lonely road. - The speaker’s quality of loneliness is transferred to the road.