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? asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 9 years ago

What kind of literary device is this?

What kind of literary device is "trill" in this context?

The lonely bird grew to love its lonely protector, and during the day it would sit from time to time on some rainshoot or other abutment and trill forth its sweetest music in grateful thanks for its nightly shelter.

(This is an except from Saki's "The Image of the Lost Soul")

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  • 9 years ago
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    Maybe onomatopoeia because it is a sound. But onomatopoeia's tend to be like Drip, Drip or Buzz! Buzz

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