In T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, in the line “I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas”, identify the figures of speech 1.Metonymy 2.Paradox 3.Synecdoche 4. Alliteration Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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When analyzing poetry, focus on repeated sounds (alliteration) or symbolic references (synecdoche) for accurate identification of literary devices.
The line demonstrates alliteration (D) with the repeated ‘s’ sound in “scuttling across the silent seas.” While synecdoche is a possibility, the line's primary focus is on sound patterns.