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प्रश्न
Find examples from the poem that contains:
Similie : _______________________________
Metaphor : ___________________________
Onomatopoeia : _____________________
उत्तर
Simile: The peasants came like swarms of flies. The peasants are compared directly to swarms of flies, with the use of the word 'like'.
Metaphor: 'to paralyse the Evil One'. The scorpion is implicitly compared to the devil.
Onomatopoeia:
(1) and buzzed the name of God' The word 'buzzed' indicates sound.
(2) They clicked their tongues." The word 'clicked' indicates sound.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.
| Object | Metaphor | Quality or Feature Compared |
| Cloud | Huge mountains of clouds | The mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains |
| Raindrops | ||
| Hailstones | ||
| Locusts | ||
| An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead | ||
| An ox of a man. |
Find examples of the use of interesting sounds (Onomatopoeia) from the poem and explain their effect on the reader.
| 1. The ice 'cracked and growled, and roared and howled' |
Coleridge uses onomatopoeic words which use harsh 'ck' sounds to make the ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice animal sounds to give the impression it has come alive and is attacking the ship |
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
____________ but still we keep a bower quiet for us____________ .
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
I stand and look at them long and long.
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
The hungry man ate a ____________ of food.
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Repetition
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Tautology
