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Examine the poetic line: "He was no mean singer in his village." What literary device completes the analysis statement below?

Cevap:By expressing an affirmative idea through the negation of its contrary, the phrase "no mean singer" serves as an example of 【litotes】.

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litotes
Litotes is a figure of speech in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite (such as using 'no mean' to mean 'very good'), producing an understated emphasis.

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Examine the phrase 'no mean singer' within the poetic excerpt.
The phrase negates a negative descriptor ('no mean') to emphasize a positive attribute ('a good or great singer').
Using understatement to affirm a positive statement by denying its opposite defines the figure of speech known as litotes.

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Litotes in Poetic Imagery
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Poetic Imagery and Figurative Language

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