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What literary device is most prominent in Shelley’s address to the skylark throughout the poem?

AMetonymy

BApostrophe

CIrony

DSynecdoche

Answer:

B. Apostrophe

Read Explanation:

An apostrophe is a literary device in which the speaker directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction. Throughout “To a Skylark”, Shelley addresses the skylark as if it were a conscious, divine being capable of understanding and responding. This direct address heightens the sense of wonder and reverence in the poem.


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