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प्रश्न
Pick out lines that contain the following Figures of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
उत्तर
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”
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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 |
eg | in | of |
(a) | ________ | ____________ | |
(b) | ________ | ____________ | |
(c) | ________ | ____________ | |
(d) | ________ | ____________ | |
(e) | ________ | ____________ | |
(f) | ________ | ____________ | |
(g) | ________ | ____________ | |
(h) | ________ | ____________ |
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. |
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.
Complete the table listing the poetic devices used by Shelley in Ozymandias.
Poetic Device | Lines from the poem |
Alliteration | ...and sneer of cold command |
Synecdoche (substitution of a part to stand for the whole, or the whole to stand for a part) | the hand that mock'd them |
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 |
Like part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and explain them.
The poet has also used both repetition and similes in the poem. For example-- 'must wait, must stand and wait' (repetition) and 'looked at me vaguely as cattle do' (simile).Pick out examples of both and make a list of them in your notebooks. Give reasons why the poet uses these literary devices.
Find examples from the poem that contains:
Similie : _______________________________
Metaphor : ___________________________
Onomatopoeia : _____________________
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Alliteration
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Inversion
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 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 ______________________.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
And rest in nature, not the God of Nature-REPETITION because _________________________.
‘Pun’ can be defined as a play on words based on their different meanings. Example: ‘Writing with a broken pencil is pointless.’ In this poem, there is an example of Pun. Find and make a sentence of your own. Share a joke with the class where the use of ‘Pun’ creates humour.
Find out examples from the poem.
Antithesis
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Alliteration
In poetry, very often, there are lines in which the poet seems to talk directly to an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing/object. Such a tactic/device used by the poet is the Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’.
For example,
Twinkle, twinkle little star ...
Death! Where is thy sting?
O, Caveman! I wish I could live with you.
Now, complete the following, creating an example of an Apostrophe of your own.
- O, Life! How ______
- Dear God, Please ______
- Books! You are ______
- Exams! I wish ______
- O, You beautiful sky ______
Match the lines of the poem with their Figures of speech.
Group A | Group B | |
(1) Whose woods these are I think I know | (a) | Alliteration |
(2) The woods are lovely, dark and deep | (b) | Personification |
(3) And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. | (c) | Inversion |
(4) My little horse must think it queer | (d) | Repetition |
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
She wept____________of tears.
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.
Onomatopoeia
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Apostrophe
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.
Antithesis