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प्रश्न
Match the Figures of Speech with the correct definition.
| Poetic Devices | |
| Figure | Definition |
| (1) Metaphor | (a) The use of the same sound at the beginning of words |
| (2) Alliteration | (b) An implied comparison. |
| (3) Onomatopoeia | (c) A comparison between two different things, especially a phrase, containing the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ |
| (4) Simile | (d) A word that resembles the sound it represents. |
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उत्तर
| Figures of speech |
The use of the same sound at the beginning of words. |
|
(1) Metaphor |
An implied comparison. |
|
(2) Alliteration |
The use of the same sound at the beginning of words. |
|
(3) Onomatopoeia |
A word that resembles the sound it represents. |
|
(4) Simile |
A comparison between two different things, especially a phrase, containing the words 'like' or 'as'. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
When some words, in the line of the poem, express the same idea in different ways, the figure of speech used is ‘Tautology’.
For example,
- happy and joyful.
- motionless and still.
- Pick out two examples of ‘Tautology’ from the poem.
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Alliteration
Match the lines with the Figures of Speech.
| Lines | Figures of Speech |
| 1. In wondrous merry mood | Tautology |
| 2. They were so queer, so very queer. | Alliteration |
| 3. And saw him peep within | Onomatopoeia |
| 4. The grin grew broad. | Repetition |
| 5. And shot from ear to ear. | Hyperbole |
| 6. He broke into a roar. | Repetition |
| 7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye | Transferred Epithet |
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Rest in the bottom lay-PUN because _________________.
Pick out lines that contain:
Alliteration
Pick out lines that contain the following Figures of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
Pick out line that contain the following Figures of Speech.
Personification
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Interrogation
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
