Read the following passage from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock":

To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"
What literary device is most clearly used in this passage?
A. Hyperbole
B. Allusion
C. Imagery
D. Rhyme

Respuesta :

The correct answer and literary devicmost clearly used in the mentioned passage from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915) is B. Allusion.

As a literary device, allusion makes brief or indirect reference to a person, place, event or other significant element but it does not openly describe it. The reader must have the knowledge to catch and understand the allusion.

In this case, the poetic persona uses an allusion to reference the Biblical figure of Lazarus, whom Jesus Christ resurrected and brought back from the dead: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead."

Answer:

B. Allusion.

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