By Ranjana S.
In this figure of speech an epithet or
qualifying adjective is sometimes transferred from a person to a thing or from
one word to another, to which it does not strictly belong. When we say:
restless night- The night wasn't restless , but the person was awake through it
was.
Happy morning- Morning have no feelings,
but the people who are awake through them do.
When we say: we spent a happy day we do not
mean that the day was happy, but we were happy. We have used an adjective for
day which really referred to us. This is called a transferred epithet.
Other examples are:-
- It is a sad world.
- The faithful minister was placed in the condemned cell.
- We had a pleasant time at the river.
- "The ploughman homeward plods his weary way."
- He received a mortal wound.
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