What is the figure of speech in the following line by Syed Amanuddin in his poem? 'Don't call me…
In Syed Amanuddin's 'Don't Call Me Indo-Anglian', 'hyphenated minds' uses 'minds' to stand for whole persons/poets (Synecdoche, combined with a transferred epithet).
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What is the figure of speech in the following line by Syed Amanuddin in his poem?
'Don't call me Indo-Anglian',
" i damn all hyphenated minds"
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In Syed Amanuddin's 'Don't Call Me Indo-Anglian', 'hyphenated minds' uses 'minds' to stand for whole persons/poets (Synecdoche, combined with a transferred epithet).
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