The detail from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway that is an example of understatement is: C. "The doctor went to his office in a back room and brought a photograph which showed a hand that had been withered almost as small as the major’s, before it had taken a machine course, and after was a little larger."
<h3>What is an Understatement?</h3>
An understatement is a speech that has little import compared to the real meaning. This means that the author does not fully convey the gravity of the words.
In sentence C, the content of the picture was hard to bear but this was not fully highlighted by the speaker's choice of words.
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The figurative language used in this sentence is a metaphor because in this sentence it is saying what something is without using like or as.
The speaker wants to abandon his mortal body because bodies as they age become old, raggedy, and useless. He says "An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick". This shows how much he dislikes his old body and wishes to "<span>But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make", which means he thinks that in Byzantium he will take the form of a golden statue. </span>
