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Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

Correct Answer: These old bones live to learn her wanton ways

Explanation:

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.


 


In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.


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