Question

Which of the following options contains the same literary device that appears in the following line:

“....On any but a paper sheet so white....”

Options

• Silver and blue as the mountain mist.

• He names the sky his own.

• The fir trees dark and high.

• Song and mother-croon of bird.

Answer 1

The fir trees dark and high.

Explanation:

The line “On any but a paper sheet so white” uses inversion (anastrophe), where the normal order of words is changed for poetic effect. Similarly, “The fir trees dark and high” also uses inversion instead of the usual order “the dark and high fir trees.” Hence, both lines employ the same literary device.