5 examples of transfer of epithet??
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5 examples of transfer of epithet??
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.Lord Ullin's Daughter
And still they rowed amidst the roar Of waters fast prevailing; Lord Ullin reach'd that fatal shoreHis wrath was chang'd to wailing.
"Even just the bewildering minutecounts; you have to give yourself up."
She looked at him through concerned eyes
“As I sat in the bath tub, soaping a meditative foot and singing, if I remember correctly, ‘Pale Hands I Loved Beside the Shalimar,’ it would be deceiving my public to say that I was feeling boomps-a-daisy."
Transferred Epithet Examples
An example of a transferred epithet is: "I had a wonderful day." The day is not in itself wonderful.
The speaker had a wonderful day. The epithet "wonderful" actually describes the kind of day the speaker experienced. Some other examples of transferred epithets are "cruel bars," "sleepless night," and "suicidal sky."
The bars, presumably installed in a prison, are not cruel; they are inanimate objects. The person who installed the bars is cruel; the bars serve to foster this person's cruel intentions. Likewise, a night can't be sleepless. It is a person who is experiencing a night where she cannot sleep. And, a sky can't be suicidal, but a dark sky might make a depressed person feel suicidal.