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Question
Find out lines from the poem that are examples of following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | ......................... |
| Alliteration | ......................... |
| Hyperbole | ......................... |
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Solution
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
| Repetition | I stand and look at them long and long. |
| Alliteration | They bring me tokens of myself. |
| Hyperbole | No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth. |
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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. |
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Metaphor
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever ______
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
They bring me tokens of myself.
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Alliteration
Pick out lines that contain:
Hyperbole
Pick out lines that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Antithesis (Opposite ideas)
Pick from the poem line which contain the Figure of speech.
Onomatopoeia
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Tautology
