A figure of speech is an ornamental use of words.
A figure of speech may be defined as a change from the plain and ordinary mode of expression for the sake of emphasis or to beautify the language.
Figure of speech is a technique or a tool of expression, by means of which one deviates from the ordinary expression in order to produce a better or a more emphatic linguistic effect.
Figures of speech are commonly used in poetry to enhance the beauty, imagery, poetic effect and rhyme scheme of the poem.
INTERROGATION
An idea or a fact is emphasized by using a question, which does not require an answer, instead of a statement.
Examples:
1. What though the field be lost?
2. Who is so foolish as to slay his own brother?
The fact that 'no one is foolish to slay his own brother' is emphasized by rephrasing the statement as a question.
3. Should I wait in despair?
4. Where is the light? What is our plight?
The given line is an example of Interrogation.
Here, questions are asked for rhetoric effect.
PUN
Pun is a play on words having similarity of sound.
Examples:
1. The lift has many ups and downs.
The words 'ups and downs' have two meanings, namely 1) directional movement 2) difficulties and problems. Both meanings fit into the sentence. Hence it is a pun.
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