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प्रश्न
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
“And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise”
उत्तर
- Alliteration - Repeated sound of consonant ‘t’.
- Repetition - ‘too’ is repeated to underline the idea of being very perfect.
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One day a wonderful plate full in gold fell from Heaven into a courtyard of a temple at Benaras; so on the plate these words were inscribe. "A gift from Heaven to he who loves better". The priests at once made a announcement that every -day at noon, all which would like to claimed the plate should come |
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Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.
There are a number of literary devices used in the poem. Some of them have been listed below. Choose the right ones and write them down in the table as shown in the example. In each of the cases, explain what they mean.
simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification. hyperbole, repetition, |
1. The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: | Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner |
2. Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top | |
3. The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he | |
4. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she | |
5. And now the storm-blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong: | |
6. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe | |
7. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around |
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds in words, usually the first sound. Sibilance is a special form of alliteration using the softer consonants that create hissing sounds, or sibilant sounds. These consonants and digraphs include s, sh, th, ch, z, f, x, and soft c.
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents for a rhetorical or artistic effect of bringing out the full flavor of words. The sounds literally make the meaning in such words as “buzz,” “crash,” “whirr,” “clang” “hiss,” “purr,” “squeak,” etc.lt Is also used by poets to convey their subject to the reader. For example, In the last lines of Sir Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘Come Down, O Maid’, m and n sounds produce an atmosphere of murmuring Insects:
… the moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees.
Notice how D H Lawrence uses both these devices effectively in the following stanza.
He reached down from a fissure in the earth-wall in the gloom
And trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down, over the edge of the stone trough
And rested his throat upon the stone bottom,
And where the water had dripped from the tap, in a small clearness,
He sipped with his straight mouth,
Softly drank through his straight gums, into his slack long body,
Silently.
To what effect has the poet used these devices? How has it added to your understanding of the subject of the poem? You may record your understanding of snake characteristics under the following headings:
(a) Sound
(b) Movement
(c) Shape
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
Match the Figures of Speech with the correct definition.
Poetic Devices | |
Figure | Definition |
(1) Metaphor | (a) The use of the same sound at the beginning of words |
(2) Alliteration | (b) An implied comparison. |
(3) Onomatopoeia | (c) A comparison between two different things, especially a phrase, containing the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ |
(4) Simile | (d) A word that resembles the sound it represents. |
When some words, in the line of the poem, express the same idea in different ways, the figure of speech used is ‘Tautology’.
For example,
- happy and joyful.
- motionless and still.
- Pick out two examples of ‘Tautology’ from the poem.
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Repetition:
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Metaphor
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever____________
Match the lines with the Figures of Speech.
Lines | Figures of Speech |
1. In wondrous merry mood | Tautology |
2. They were so queer, so very queer. | Alliteration |
3. And saw him peep within | Onomatopoeia |
4. The grin grew broad. | Repetition |
5. And shot from ear to ear. | Hyperbole |
6. He broke into a roar. | Repetition |
7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye | Transferred Epithet |
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
I stand and look at them long and long.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They bring me tokens of myself.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Rest in the bottom lay-PUN because _________________.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because ______________________.
Find out examples from the poem.
Alliteration
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
Pick out lines that contain:
Alliteration
Pick out lines that contain:
Hyperbole
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”
Pick out line that contain the following Figures of Speech.
Personification
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
The hungry man ate a ____________ of food.
Complete the following examples of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
He runs faster than a ____________.
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Interrogation
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Onomatopoeia
The Figure of Speech ‘ Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the sea-shore
- ____________
- ____________
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Personification
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Tautology
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Antithesis