Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?
Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy? Correct Answer These old bones live to learn her wanton ways
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.
In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.