Question

'Hands that rod of Empire might have swayed' find the rhetoric device.

• A. Synecdoche
• B. Metaphor
• C. Alliteration
• D. Personification

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Synecdoche

• In the line "Hands that rod of Empire might have swayed," the "hands" represent the entire person who might have wielded the power of the "rod of Empire" (a symbol of control or authority).

• Here, "hands" is a part of the body used to represent the whole person.

• This is a classic example of synecdoche, where a part (hands) is used to stand for the whole (the person who could have held power).