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Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways         
         
Explanation: 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.
       
      
      
      
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