Give example of transferred epithet from “Father Returning Home”.

QuestionsGive example of transferred epithet from “Father Returning Home”.
Kshitij asked 3 years ago

Select the correct example of Transferred Epithet a) Crosses the railway line, enters the lane b) His shirts and pants are soggy and his black raincoat c) Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night.

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Staff answered 3 years ago

Option C in your question is the correct example of a transferred epithet from the poem “Father Returning Home”.

In a transferred epithet an adjective which is used to describe one thing is transferred to another. Here, the adjective “humid” is used with night. The night itself was not humid, but the air or the weather in that night was.

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