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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
- Life seems useless and worthless without it. The words ‘useless’ and ‘worthless’ have almost the same meaning.
- Neither cold poverty, famish. The words ‘poverty’ and ‘famish’ imply almost the same human physical condition.
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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.
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.
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God.
Find out lines from the poem that are examples of following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | ......................... |
| Alliteration | ......................... |
| Hyperbole | ......................... |
‘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
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.
Metaphor
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 |
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Repetition
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Antithesis
