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Q:
A) I’m martyr to a motion not my own | B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways |
C) Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay | D) I swear she cast a shadow white as stone |
Answer: B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways
Explanation:
Explanation:
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.
In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.