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Question
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.
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Solution
- Life seems useless and worthless without it. The words ‘useless’ and ‘worthless’ have almost the same meaning.
- Neither cold poverty, famish. The words ‘poverty’ and ‘famish’ imply almost the same human physical condition.
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Like part one, the second part also has a number of literary devices. List them out in the same way as you had done in question number seven and explain them.
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| 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 |
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Personification
Pick out line that contain the following Figure of Speech.
Repetition
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