Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

"Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:"

"I'm martyr to a motion not my own; "

"I swear she cast a shadow white as stone."

"These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:"

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Jeffrey Wilkinson

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15 April, 11:42

Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

"Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:"

"I'm martyr to a motion not my own; "

"I swear she cast a shadow white as stone."

"These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:"

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Erick Fisher · Answer 1

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"These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:"

A metonymy occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself. In the example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.

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Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?"Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:""I'm martyr to a motion not my own; ""I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.""These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:"

Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

"Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:"

"I'm martyr to a motion not my own; "

"I swear she cast a shadow white as stone."

"These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:"