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प्रश्न
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
..... not one is demented with the mania of owning things.
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उत्तर
Tautology
Explanation:
This is because, the words ‘demented’ and ‘mania’ mean the same thing, that is, crazy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.
Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.
Onomatopoeia
Choose the correct Figure of Speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
______ but still we keep a bower quiet for us ______.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
In poetry, very often, there are lines in which the poet seems to talk directly to an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing/object. Such a tactic/device used by the poet is the Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’.
For example,
Twinkle, twinkle little star .....
Death! Where is thy sting?
O, Caveman! I wish I could live with you.
Now, complete the following, creating an example of an Apostrophe of your own.
- O, Life! How ......................
- Dear God, Please ......................
- Books! You are ......................
- Exams! I wish ......................
- O, You beautiful sky ......................
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
She wept ______ of tears.
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Onomatopoeia
The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the dead Captain
- .....................
- .....................
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
Pick out one or two other examples of allusion from the story and comment briefly on the comparison made.
