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Choose the most appropriate option to identify the figure of speech in the following lines:-

"The moan of doves in immemorial elms

And murmuring of innumerable bees."

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Words like 'moan' and 'murmuring' imitate the actual sounds made by doves and bees. The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning is onomatopoeia. There is no comparison, so metaphor and simile are ruled out.

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