Question

You there—you snake lurking in my house,
sucking out my life’s blood so secretly.
I’d no idea I was nurturing two pests,
who aimed to rise against my throne.



Creon speaks these lines to Ismene. Which literary device does Sophocles use in this passage?

Answer 1

http://literary-devices.com/

This gives all of them, and explains what they are. Look through and see which one you think it could be.