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प्रश्न
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because ______________________.
उत्तर
Rest or peace of mind is called a jewel (something precious) - implied comparison.
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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. |
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
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Transferred Epithet
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.
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 |
|
___________________________ |
|
___________________________ |
|
___________________________ |
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
With worn-out tools ____________.
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
She wept____________of tears.
Pick out one or two other examples of allusion from the story and comment briefly on the comparison made.
