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प्रश्न
Explain the use of the rhetorical device like the apostrophe by the poet.
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उत्तर
This rhetorical device is used when a poet addresses his or her poem to an absent audience. Dahl uses the device of apostrophe when he addresses his poem to English parents and advises them on doing away with their television sets.
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