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Question
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.
Solution
- Life seems useless and worthless without it The words 'useless' and 'worthless' have almost the same meaning.
- Neither cold poverty, famish The words poverty' and 'famish' imply almost the same human physical condition.
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Antithesis : _____________________.
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Simile
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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 |
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I stand and look at them long and long.
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Inversion
- ______________
- ______________
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Personification
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Alliteration
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
The hungry man ate a ____________ of food.
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Inversion