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प्रश्न
Literary Devices
Mark the rhyme scheme of the poem. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza is as follows.
| With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, | a |
| Legs wide, arms locked behind, | b |
| As if to balance the prone brow | a |
| Oppressive with its mind. | b |
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उत्तर
- Alliteration: “Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in successive or nearby words.” Note that in alliteration the sound and sense go together. For example, Let once my army-leader Lannes Waver at yonder wall’, In the first line, /l/ is repeated (Let- leaderLannes), and in the second line /w/ is repeated (waver- wall). Find out two more instances of alliteration.
- Synecdoche: “A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice-versa”. For example, You know, we French stormed Ratisbon. Here, the word ‘French’ refers to the country and not the army.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you ever visited a fort or a castle?
Who had let the enemies in?
How safe was the castle? How was it conquered?
Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
A foothold there, no clever trick
Could take us dead or quick,
Only a bird could have got in.
- What was challenging?
- Which aspect of the castle’s strength is conveyed by the above line?
Underline the alliterated word in the following line.
The wizened warder let them through.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Our only enemy was gold,
Can you call ‘The Castle’ an allegorical poem? Discuss.
Describe the garden during the night.
Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Dear is the Casuarina to my soul;
Pick out the word in ‘alliteration’ in the following line.
“Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel.”
Read the given line and answer the question that follow.
Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
- Which stage of life is being referred to here by the poet?
- What are the characteristics of this stage?
- How does the boy go to school?
- Which figure of speech has been employed in the second line?
‘He works his work, I mine’ – How is the work distinguished?
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea...
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Identify the figure of speech employed in the following line.
To follow knowledge like a sinking star.
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs:
the deep Moans round with many voices.
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Every parent is anxious about the welfare of his/her children. Parents express their anxiety by advising them almost all the time. What kind of advice do you frequently receive from your parents? Fill in the bubbles. Tick the ones you like to follow implicitly and give reasons for the ones you don’t like to follow.
‘A tough will counts.’ Explain.
What happened to the people who wanted too much money?
What has twisted good men into thwarted worms?
What are the poet’s thoughts on ‘being different’?
Why did the rider keep his lips compressed?
When did the narrator find that the boy was badly wounded?
How did the young soldier face his end?
The young soldier matched his emperor in courage and patriotism. Elucidate your answer.
