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Pick out lines that contain:
Pun
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Solution
- “That folks got taking me for him,”
- “I grew so like my brother,”
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One day a wonderful plate full in gold fell from Heaven into a courtyard of a temple at Benaras; so on the plate these words were inscribe. "A gift from Heaven to he who loves better". The priests at once made a announcement that every -day at noon, all which would like to claimed the plate should come |
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| (e) | ________ | ____________ | |
| (f) | ________ | ____________ | |
| (g) | ________ | ____________ | |
| (h) | ________ | ____________ |
In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.
| Object | Metaphor | Quality or Feature Compared |
| Cloud | Huge mountains of clouds | The mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains |
| Raindrops | ||
| Hailstones | ||
| Locusts | ||
| An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead | ||
| An ox of a man. |
The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet. Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.
Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.
There are a number of literary devices used in the poem. Some of them have been listed below. Choose the right ones and write them down in the table as shown in the example. In each of the cases, explain what they mean.
| simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification. hyperbole, repetition, |
| 1. The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: | Simile; the wedding guest was completely under the control of the mariner |
| 2. Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top | |
| 3. The sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he | |
| 4. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she | |
| 5. And now the storm-blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong: | |
| 6. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe | |
| 7. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around |
Find examples from the poem that contains:
Similie : _______________________________
Metaphor : ___________________________
Onomatopoeia : _____________________
In poetry, when words/ideas are arranged in ascending order of importance, the figure of speech used is called ‘Climax’. For example, Man should work for his family, his country, but most of all for God.
- Pick out two examples of ‘Climax’ from the poem.
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.
The poem is entirely metaphorical. Pick out the comparisons from the poem.
- world - ____________
- actors - ____________
- birth and death - ____________
- school boy - ____________
- the lover's sigh - ____________
- spotted leopard - ____________
- last stage (old age) - ____________
Choose the correct Figure of speech that occurs in the following line. Justify your choice.
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall ____________.
Identify the Figure of Speech in the following line.
I stand and look at them long and long.
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.
Antithesis
- ________________
- ________________
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Alliteration
- ________________
- ________________
Pick out two lines that contain the following figures of speech.
Inversion
- ______________
- ______________
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
Bestow this jewel also on my creature-METAPHOR because ______________________.
Explain the Figure of Speech in the following line.
And rest in nature, not the God of Nature-REPETITION because _________________________.
‘Pun’ can be defined as a play on words based on their different meanings. Example: ‘Writing with a broken pencil is pointless.’ In this poem, there is an example of Pun. Find and make a sentence of your own. Share a joke with the class where the use of ‘Pun’ creates humour.
Find outlines from the poem that are examples of the following Figures of Speech.
| Figures of Speech | Lines |
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Find out examples from the poem.
Alliteration
Find out examples from the poem.
Antithesis
Find out examples from the poem.
Personification
‘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
Pick out lines that contain:
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”
Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket
(Simile/ Repetition/ Antithesis/ Personification/ Metaphor/ Alliteration/ Apostrophe)
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”
Complete the following example of Hyperbole using words from the bracket below.
She wept____________of tears.
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Inversion
Pick from the poem lines which contain the Figures of speech.
Apostrophe
The Figure of Speech ‘Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the dead Captain
- ____________
- ____________
The Figure of Speech ‘ Apostrophe’ exists throughout the poem. Pick out the line where the poet directly addresses.
the sea-shore
- ____________
- ____________
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Personification
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Alliteration
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Exclamation
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Tautology
Find from the poem, one example of the following.
Antithesis
