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Question
Identify the figures of the speech/poetic devices used in the poem, and illustrate them with examples.
| Poetic device | Stanza No. | Lines from the poem |
|---|---|---|
Grammar/Language
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Solution
| Poetic device | Stanza No. | Lines from the poem |
|---|---|---|
| Metaphor | 1 | “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers-” - hope is compared to a bird. |
| Personification | 1 | “And sings the tune without the words- / And never stops-at all-” - hope is given the bird-like actions of singing and persisting. |
| Imagery | 2 | “That could abash the little Bird / That kept so many warm-” - creates a picture of a small bird giving warmth and comfort. |
| Alliteration | 2 and 3 | “sore … storm” (stanza 2); “strangest Sea” (stanza 3) - repeats the initial s sound. |
| Rhyme | 1–3 | “soul / all” (stanza 1), “heard / bird” and “storm / warm” (stanza 2), “Sea / Me” (stanza 3) - gives the poem a musical pattern. |
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