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The Complete Guide to Literary Terms and Devices



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   A phrase or metaphor, mainly in Old English poetry, used to describe persons, things, or events in an indirect way.

   (ex. The Anglo-Saxon poem "The Seafarer" refers to the sea as the "whales' home")


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