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प्रश्न
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
I stand and look at them long and long.
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उत्तर
Repetition
Explanation:
In this line (which is a famous quote from Walt Whitman’s poem “Animals”), the word “long” is repeated twice (“long and long”).
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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 examples of the use of interesting sounds (Onomatopoeia) from the poem and explain their effect on the reader.
| 1. The ice 'cracked and growled, and roared and howled' |
Coleridge uses onomatopoeic words which use harsh 'ck' sounds to make the ice sound brutal. He also gives the ice animal sounds to give the impression it has come alive and is attacking the ship |
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Alliteration
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Metaphor
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because.....
Find out examples from the poem.
Alliteration
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
Pick out lines that contain:
Hyperbole
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Interrogation
