"The ploughman homeward plods his weary way." Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
In Thomas Gray's line 'The ploughman homeward plods his weary way', the adjective 'weary' is transferred from the ploughman to his 'way', making it a Transferred Epithet…
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"The ploughman homeward plods his weary way."
Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
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In Thomas Gray's line 'The ploughman homeward plods his weary way', the adjective 'weary' is transferred from the ploughman to his 'way', making it a Transferred Epithet (hypallage).
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