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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. |
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उत्तर
| Poetic Devices | |
| Figure | Definition |
| (1) Metaphor | (b) An implied comparison. |
| (2) Alliteration | (a) The use of the same sound at the beginning of words. |
| (3) Onomatopoeia | (d) A word that resembles the sound it represents. |
| (4) Simile | (c) A comparison between two different things, especially a phrase, containing the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.
The poet has also used both repetition and similes in the poem. For example-- 'must wait, must stand and wait' (repetition) and 'looked at me vaguely as cattle do' (simile).Pick out examples of both and make a list of them in your notebooks. Give reasons why the poet uses these literary devices.
Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.
Onomatopoeia
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Inversion
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Antithesis
Pick out lines that contain:
Alliteration
Pick out lines that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
He runs faster than a ______.
The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the grief in his heart
- ......................
- ......................
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Personification
