Question

"Hеre is the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. oh, oh, oh!". Identify the figure of speech.

• A. simile
• B. metaphor
• C. hyperbole
• D. epithet

Answer 1

Answer:

C. hyperbole

The speaker exaggerates by saying that “all the perfumes of Arabia” cannot remove the smell of blood from a “little hand.”
This is a deliberate overstatement used to express deep guilt and horror, not something literally possible.

📌 Hyperbole = exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Why the other options are wrong:

• ❌ Simile – needs like or as

• ❌ Metaphor – a direct comparison without exaggeration

• ❌ Epithet – a descriptive adjective or phrase added to a noun