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प्रश्न
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 |
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उत्तर
| Lines | Figures of Speech | Explanation |
| 1. In wondrous merry mood. | Transferred Epithet | The adjective “merry” describes the person’s state of mind, but it is transferred to the word “mood”. |
| 2. They were so queer, so very queer. | Repetition | The words “so queer” are repeated for emphasis. |
| 3. And saw him peep within. | Alliteration | The sound of the letter ‘w’ is repeated in “without” and “within” (implied context from Oliver Wendell Holmes’ poem The Height of the Ridiculous). |
| 4. The grin grew broad. | Alliteration/Tautology | The ‘g’ sound is repeated in “grin grew”. (Note: In the context of this specific poem’s textbook exercises, this is often paired with Alliteration or tautology, depending on the specific answer key, but phonetically, it is alliteration.) |
| 5. And shot from ear to ear. | Hyperbole | An exaggeration; a grin cannot literally shoot physically from one ear to the other. |
| 6. He broke into a roar. | Onomatopoeia | The word “roar” imitates the actual sound being made. |
| 7. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye. | Transferred Epithet/Hyperbole | “Sleepless” is transferred from the person to their “eye”. It is also a Hyperbole because staying awake for ten straight days and nights is a massive exaggeration. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
There are a number of literary devices used in the poem. Some of them have been listed below. Choose the right ones and write them down in the table as shown in the example. In each of the cases, explain what they mean.
| simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification. hyperbole, repetition, |
| 1. The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: | Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner |
| 2. Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top | |
| 3. The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he | |
| 4. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she | |
| 5. And now the storm-blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong: | |
| 6. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe | |
| 7. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around |
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.
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.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Alliteration
Find out examples from the poem.
Antithesis
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Alliteration
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 ......................
Match the lines of the poem with their Figures of speech.
| Group A | Group B | |
| (1) Whose woods these are I think I know | (a) | Alliteration |
| (2) The woods are lovely, dark and deep | (b) | Personification |
| (3) And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep. | (c) | Inversion |
| (4) My little horse must think it queer | (d) | Repetition |
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Interrogation
