“Mirkwood is a vast temperate broadleaf and mixed forest in the Middle-Earth region of Rhovanion.” … Gandalf calls it “the greatest forest in the northern world.”
English Tutor Answered question September 13, 2020
It has a denotation as well as a hyperbole. The first one is that the first half has literal meanings and second is a hyperbole as there could be other forests bigger than this one.
English Tutor Answered question September 13, 2020