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प्रश्न
The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparisons from the poem.
- world - ____________
- actors - ____________
- birth and death - ____________
- school boy - ____________
- the lover's sigh - ____________
- spotted leopard - ____________
- last stage (old age) - ____________
उत्तर
- world - stage
- actors - players
- birth and death - entrances and exits
- school boy - a snail
- the lover's sigh - a furnace
- spotted leopard - bearded soldier
- last stage (old age) - The second childishness
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration 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 |
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.
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Inversion
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
I stand and look at them long and long.
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Antithesis
- ________________
- ________________
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Alliteration
- ________________
- ________________
Find outlines from the poem that are examples of the following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
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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
