Question

O the days gone by! O the days gone by!

The apples in the orchard, and the pathway through the rye;
The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quail
As he piped across the meadows sweet as any nightingale;
When the bloom was on the clover, and the blue was in the sky,
And my happy heart brimmed over in the days gone by.
Which figurative language device is present in the bolded words?
O Allusion
O Idiom
O Meiosis
O Onomatopoeia

the bolded words are chirrup and whistle !!!

Answer 1

The bolded words are an example of onomatopoeia, which is a type of figurative language that uses words that imitate sounds. Onomatopoeia is used to create a vivid description of a sound or to evoke an emotion in the reader. In this case, the words "chirrup" and "whistle" are used to imitate the sounds of a robin and a quail, respectively.