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प्रश्न
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.
पर्याय
Exclamation
Personification
Antithesis
उत्तर
Antithesis - the use of opposite words. old and young, in the same line.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.
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.
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis : _____________________.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Rest in the bottom lay-PUN because _________________.
Find outlines from the poem that are examples of the following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
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___________________________ |
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
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
With worn-out tools ____________.
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Interrogation
