Question

Match the lines with the Figures of Speech.

Lines	Figures of Speech
1. In wondrous merry mood.	Tautology
2. They were so queer, so very queer.	Alliteration
3. And saw him peep within.	Onomatopoeia
4. The grin grew broad.	Repetition
5. And shot from ear to ear.	Hyperbole
6. He broke into a roar.	Repetition
7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye.	Transferred Epithet

Answer 1

Lines	Figures of Speech	Explanation
1. In wondrous merry mood.	Transferred Epithet	The adjective “merry” describes the person’s state of mind, but it is transferred to the word “mood”.
2. They were so queer, so very queer.	Repetition	The words “so queer” are repeated for emphasis.
3. And saw him peep within.	Alliteration	The sound of the letter ‘w’ is repeated in “without” and “within” (implied context from Oliver Wendell Holmes’ poem The Height of the Ridiculous).
4. The grin grew broad.	Alliteration/Tautology	The ‘g’ sound is repeated in “grin grew”. (Note: In the context of this specific poem’s textbook exercises, this is often paired with Alliteration or tautology, depending on the specific answer key, but phonetically, it is alliteration.)
5. And shot from ear to ear.	Hyperbole	An exaggeration; a grin cannot literally shoot physically from one ear to the other.
6. He broke into a roar.	Onomatopoeia	The word “roar” imitates the actual sound being made.
7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye.	Transferred Epithet/Hyperbole	“Sleepless” is transferred from the person to their “eye”. It is also a Hyperbole because staying awake for ten straight days and nights is a massive exaggeration.