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प्रश्न
Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.
Repetition- It is a figure of speech.
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उत्तर
e.g. Tell him to be alone often and get at himself and above all tell himself no lies about himself
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Where were the enemies?
Why did the narrator feel helpless?
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Read the given line and answer the question that follow in a line or two.
Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
So smooth and high, no man could win.
- How safe was the castle?
- What was the firm belief of the soldiers?
Identify the figure of speech used in the following line.
Oh then our maze of tunneled stone
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Then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
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There lies the port the vessel puffs her sail
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I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart
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To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!
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He works his work, I mine.
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It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
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Here are a few poetic device used in the poem.
Antithesis- It is a literary device that emphasises the idea of contrast.
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
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..........Free imaginations
Bringing changes into a world resenting change.
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Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride Touched to the quick, he said:
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Explain the following line with reference to the context.
Then off there flung in smiling joy, And held himself erect
