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Question
Pick out from the poem two examples of each.
Metaphor
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Solution
- All the world’s a stage
- And all the men and women merely players
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The poet has also used both repetition and similes in the poem. For example-- 'must wait, must stand and wait' (repetition) and 'looked at me vaguely as cattle do' (simile).Pick out examples of both and make a list of them in your notebooks. Give reasons why the poet uses these literary devices.
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. |
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.
Pick out one example of the following Figure of Speech.
Alliteration
Pick out from the poem two examples of the following.
Onomatopoeia
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 |
Pick out lines that contain:
Pun
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
The hungry man ate a ______ of food.
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
(horse / lion / death / an ocean / ton / second / help)
He runs faster than a ______.
Pick out one or two other examples of allusion from the story and comment briefly on the comparison made.
