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प्रश्न
Find examples from the poem that contains:
Similie : _______________________________
Metaphor : ___________________________
Onomatopoeia : _____________________
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उत्तर
Simile: The peasants came like swarms of flies. The peasants are compared directly to swarms of flies, with the use of the word 'like'.
Metaphor: 'to paralyse the Evil One'. The scorpion is implicitly compared to the devil.
Onomatopoeia:
(1) and buzzed the name of God' The word 'buzzed' indicates sound.
(2) They clicked their tongues." The word 'clicked' indicates sound.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the table listing the poetic devices used by Shelley in Ozymandias.
| Poetic Device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | ...and sneer of cold command |
| Synecdoche (substitution of a part to stand for the whole, or the whole to stand for a part) | the hand that mock'd them |
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
And rest in nature, not the God of Nature-REPETITION because _________________________.
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
In poetry, very often, there are lines in which the poet seems to talk directly to an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing/object. Such a tactic/device used by the poet is the Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’.
For example,
Twinkle, twinkle little star ...
Death! Where is thy sting?
O, Caveman! I wish I could live with you.
Now, complete the following, creating an example of an Apostrophe of your own.
- O, Life! How ______
- Dear God, Please ______
- Books! You are ______
- Exams! I wish ______
- O, You beautiful sky ______
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Onomatopoeia
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Alliteration
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
