Figure Of Speech : TRANSFERRED EPITHET

This poetical device is used to set a transfer between two different points. In this figure, an epithet is transferred from its proper word to another that is closely associated with it in the sentences.
Poetical device Transferred Epithet although calculate the statement in crossical form but its descriptive sense always transfers its real sense into its hidden form.

Examples : 
> He passed a sleepless night.
> He spent his life hand to mouse.

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