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प्रश्न
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 ______
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उत्तर
- O, Life! How mysterious you are!
- Dear God, Please help me be humble and kind!
- Books! You are the most amazing friends I can ever have!
- Exams! I wish you could be easier!
- O, You beautiful sky your vastness amazes me!
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other.
Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below. Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
| Storm | Tiger | Pounces over the fields, growls |
| Train | ||
| Fire | ||
| School | ||
| Home |
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.
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 |
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. |
Find an example from the poem that contain:
Similie
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Repetition
The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparison from the poem.
world - .............
Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.
Onomatopoeia
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.
I stand and look at them long and long.
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.
Alliteration
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Inversion
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because.....
Find out lines from the poem that are examples of following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | ......................... |
| Alliteration | ......................... |
| Hyperbole | ......................... |
Find out examples from the poem.
Alliteration
Find out examples from the poem.
Antithesis
Pick out lines that contain:
Hyperbole
Pick out lines 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 |
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
The hungry man ate a ____________ of food.
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
Brrrr..! I am freezing to ____________.
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Onomatopoeia
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Apostrophe
The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the grief in his heart
- ____________
- ____________
The Figure of Speech ‘ Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the sea-shore
- ____________
- ____________
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Personification
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Antithesis
