"I served them well / with my noble blade, as was only fitting / Small pleasure they had in such a sword-feast / dark things in
the sea that are meant to eat me"
What literary device is the phrase "sword-feast"?
A) Alliteration
B) Characterization
C) Kenning
D) Exposition
1 answer:
The pharse "sword-feast" is a kenning. Option C is correct.
A kenning is a type of circumlocution, in the form of a compound that utilizes figurative language instead of a more concrete single-word noun.
Kenning generally consists of two words, and are often hyphenated.
In other words, a kenning is a concise compound or figurative phrase which replaces a common noun.
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