3 years ago

What type of poetic language is this "She was a phantom in the night luring unsuspecting sailors to their doom."?

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Marat540 [252]3 years ago

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Metaphor but "unsuspecting sailors" is also sibilance

Sindrei [870]3 years ago

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Hi,

I haven't read the text, but I'm assuming it is a Metaphor, comparing the woman to a phantom, WITHOUT using 'like' or 'as'.

~Elisabeth

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