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प्रश्न
Find out lines from the poem that are examples of following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | ......................... |
| Alliteration | ......................... |
| Hyperbole | ......................... |
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उत्तर
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | I stand and look at them long and long. |
| Alliteration | They bring me tokens of myself. |
| Hyperbole | No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. |
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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. |
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They bring me tokens of myself.
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Inversion
‘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 out lines that contain the following Figures of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Onomatopoeia
The Figure of Speech ‘ Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the sea-shore
- ____________
- ____________
