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प्रश्न
‘Pun’ can be defined as a play on words based on their different meanings. Example: ‘Writing with a broken pencil is pointless.’ In this poem, there is an example of Pun. Find and make a sentence of your own. Share a joke with the class where the use of ‘Pun’ creates humour.
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उत्तर
- Example of a Pun
The Pun: “An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”
The Play on Words: The word “lie” has two meanings here: to physically reside in another country and to tell an untruth for diplomatic purposes. - My Own Sentence Using a Pun
“I told my doctor that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.”
The Play on Words: The word “places” switches between locations on the human body and physical geographic locations. - A Joke for the Class
The Joke
Teacher: “Class, why are you turning in a blank sheet of paper for your history essay?”
Student: “Because I chose to write about a secret agent, and his identity is classified!”
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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 |
There are a number of literary devices used in the poem. Some of them have been listed below. Choose the right ones and write them down in the table as shown in the example. In each of the cases, explain what they mean.
| simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification. hyperbole, repetition, |
| 1. The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: | Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner |
| 2. Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top | |
| 3. The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he | |
| 4. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she | |
| 5. And now the storm-blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong: | |
| 6. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe | |
| 7. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around |
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 two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Inversion
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase, sentence, etc. such as ‘That life is lived it's very best.’
Find out more examples of Alliteration from other poems in your book.
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
Brrrr..! I am freezing to ______.
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Inversion
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Onomatopoeia
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Apostrophe
