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प्रश्न
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They bring me tokens of myself.
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उत्तर
Metaphor
Explanation:
There is an indirect comparison between the ‘tokens’ and the ‘virtues’ once possessed by humans.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
Choose the correct Figure of Speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
______ but still we keep a bower quiet for us ______.
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall ______.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Pick out the examples of Alliteration and Repetition from the poem.
Pick out line that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Metaphor
Match the lines of the poem with their Figures of speech.
| Group A | Group B | |
| (1) Whose woods these are I think I know | (a) | Alliteration |
| (2) The woods are lovely, dark and deep | (b) | Personification |
| (3) And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. | (c) | Inversion |
| (4) My little horse must think it queer | (d) | Repetition |
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(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
Brrrr..! I am freezing to ______.
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the grief in his heart
- ......................
- ......................
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Personification
