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प्रश्न
Choose the correct Figure of Speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
______ but still we keep a bower quiet for us ______.
विकल्प
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
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उत्तर
Metaphor: bower stands for rest and peace
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the Figures of Speech with the correct definition.
| Poetic Devices | |
| Figure | Definition |
| (1) Metaphor | (a) The use of the same sound at the beginning of words. |
| (2) Alliteration | (b) An implied comparison. |
| (3) Onomatopoeia | (c) A comparison between two different things, especially a phrase, containing the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. |
| (4) Simile | (d) A word that resembles the sound it represents. |
In poetry, when words/ideas are arranged in an ascending order of importance, the figure of speech used is called ‘Climax’.
For example, Man should work for his family, his country, but most of all for God.
- Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.
Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.
Onomatopoeia
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Alliteration
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.....
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/Repetition/Antithesis/Personification/Metaphor/Alliteration/Apostrophe)
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”
Pick out lines that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
I shall come over in just a ______.
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Personification
