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slongcapone:

Which literary technique does the poet use in these lines from Beowulf? That [sword] was not useless to the warrior now.

Mercury:

answer choices: -caesura -alliteration -litotes -kennings

Mercury:

notice how there is a deliberate understatement ("not useless" is understating how useful the sword is to the warrior). which definition best matches this idea?

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