Read the following lines and answer the question that follows by choosing the correct option :

'My father lived at Blenheim then,
Yon little stream hard by;
They burnt his dwelling to the ground,
And he was forced to fly;
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head.

'With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,
And many a childing mother then,
And new-born baby died;
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory.

Point out the figure of speech used in the following line "And he was forced to fly".

Alliteration

1. Alliteration:

   • Definition: Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a sequence of words.
   • Explanation: The line "And he was forced to fly" f consonant is repeated, hence Alliteration is the correct answer.

2. Personification:

   • Definition: Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human entities or objects.
   • Explanation: The line "And he was forced to fly" doesn't use this as there is no name of any object.

3. Oxymoron:

   • Definition: An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory or opposing ideas.
   • Explanation: The line "And he was forced to fly" does not contain contradictory terms, so it is not an oxymoron.

4. Simile:

   • Definition: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."
   • Explanation: The line "And he was forced to fly" does not make a direct comparison using "like" or "as," so it is not a simile.