Is dust a metonymy for death?

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Jan 16, 2017

Yes

Explanation:

Metonymy is a literary device where we replace a word out for one that is closely associated with it.

http://literarydevices.net/metonymy/

Dust is certainly a word that is used as a metonymy for death. It shows up in this phrase we often hear at funerals:

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

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