The line “Thou still unravished bride of quietness” presents which of the following rhetorical figures?

Correct option is B

Explanation:

The correct answer is Apostrophe.

- This line is the opening of John Keats’ poem Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819).

- Apostrophe is a rhetorical device in which a speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or an inanimate object.

- Here, Keats is directly addressing the Grecian urn as though it were a living entity, making this a classic example of apostrophe.

Information Booster: 

Apostrophe is a figure of speech where the poet or speaker talks directly to an absent or inanimate object as if it were alive.

Purpose:

- Adds emotional intensity.
- Creates a sense of personal engagement with an abstract idea or object.

Examples:

- William Wordsworth, London, 1802 → "Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour." (Addressing the deceased poet John Milton)

- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar → “O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts.” (Addressing the abstract concept of judgment)

- Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind → "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being!"

Additional Knowledge:

Anastrophe:

A literary device in which word order is inverted for poetic effect.
Example- 
Shakespeare: “To me alone there came a thought of grief.”

Anaphora:

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example- 
Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech → “I have a dream that one day... I have a dream that my four little children... I have a dream today.”

Chiasmus:

A rhetorical device where words or phrases are reversed in structure (AB-BA pattern).
Example- 
John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”