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Question
Explain the use of the rhetorical device like the apostrophe by the poet.
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Solution
This rhetorical device is used when a poet addresses his or her poem to an absent audience. Dahl uses the device of apostrophe when he addresses his poem to English parents and advises them on doing away with their television sets.
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