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प्रश्न
Find out lines from the poem that are examples of following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | ......................... |
| Alliteration | ......................... |
| Hyperbole | ......................... |
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उत्तर
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | I stand and look at them long and long. |
| Alliteration | They bring me tokens of myself. |
| Hyperbole | No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Like part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and explain them.
Find out the examples of ‘Metaphor’ from the poem.
In poetry, when words/ideas are arranged in an ascending order of importance, the figure of speech used is called ‘Climax’.
For example, Man should work for his family, his country, but most of all for God.
- Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition.
‘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.
Pick out lines that contain:
Hyperbole
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.
(Simile/Repetition/Antithesis/Personification/Metaphor/Alliteration/Apostrophe)
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”
Pick out line that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Repetition
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
I shall come over in just a ______.
