1. The moral of the poem A Legend of the Northland is that greed is a curse for human beings. If God has given us basic things like shelter, food and comfort, then we should take care of those people who don't have all these. We should never be stone-hearted towards the needy. In this poem, the littleRead more

    The moral of the poem A Legend of the Northland is that greed is a curse for human beings. If God has given us basic things like shelter, food and comfort, then we should take care of those people who don’t have all these. We should never be stone-hearted towards the needy.

    In this poem, the little woman refuses to give even a single piece of cake to Saint Peter because of her selfish and greedy nature. Saint Peter who is half fainted because of hunger gets provoked and curses her to become a woodpecker.

    In real life as well, a greedy person cannot live a peaceful life. Hence we should be generous and never refuse food, shelter or even help to those in need.

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  2. Following poetic devices/figures of speech have been used in Sonnet 106: Metaphor: It is a literary device that is used to make a direct comparison between two things without the use of as or like. In the poem, wasted time refers to history, wights refer to people, beauty refers to beautiful people,Read more

    Following poetic devices/figures of speech have been used in Sonnet 106:

    1. Metaphor: It is a literary device that is used to make a direct comparison between two things without the use of as or like. In the poem, wasted time refers to history, wights refer to people, beauty refers to beautiful people, antique pen refers to the old poets.
    2. Personification: It refers to the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and living beings. e.g. antique pen refers to the old poets, beauty refers to human beings.
    3. Enjambment: It is the continuing a line after the line breaks. In the poem, the first sentence continues to several line.
    4. Alliteration: It is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables. e.g.beauty making beautiful”, “ladies dead and lovely knights”, “praises are but prophesies”  “for wwhich now”.

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  3. It is not clear whom the speaker is addressing to. It can be the youth of poet's time or even speaker's beloved. However it is clear that the person is beautiful and charming. Read summary of this poem.

    It is not clear whom the speaker is addressing to. It can be the youth of poet’s time or even speaker’s beloved. However it is clear that the person is beautiful and charming.

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  4. Snake is to reptile as frog is to amphibian. Reason: snake belongs to the reptile class while frog belongs to the amphibian class.

    Snake is to reptile as frog is to amphibian.

    Reason: snake belongs to the reptile class while frog belongs to the amphibian class.

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  5. Following poetic devices have been used in the poem No Men are Foreign: Metaphor: It is a poetic device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. in the poem the poet compares the war with winter (stanza 2) and hell (stanza 5) becauRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem No Men are Foreign:

    1. Metaphor: It is a poetic device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. in the poem the poet compares the war with winter (stanza 2) and hell (stanza 5) because of its dread effects on humanity. Another example of metaphor in the poem is when the poet calls people living in foreign lands as brothers.
    2. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “a single body breathes”, “in which we all shall lie”, “war’s long winter”, “In every land is common life”, “whenever we are told”.
    3. Polysyndeton: It is a literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession. e.g. “aware of sun and air and water”.
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. e.g. the last line of Stanza 4 continues to stanza 5.

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  6. The central idea of the poem No Men are Foreign is that we human beings living on earth are no different from each other. We share the same land, eat food, breathe air, take sunlight, drink water, have emotions, hate war love peace and share the same common life. Hence, we should not discriminate agRead more

    The central idea of the poem No Men are Foreign is that we human beings living on earth are no different from each other. We share the same land, eat food, breathe air, take sunlight, drink water, have emotions, hate war love peace and share the same common life.

    Hence, we should not discriminate against each other on the basis of nationality. This ultranationalism is the root cause of hate, ignorance which leads to war and destruction. We should never pay heed to those who ask us to hate others. Instead we should believe in universal brotherhood and love.

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  7. Both "unfortunately not" and "unfortunately no" can be used in the sentence. However unfortunately not is preferred and mostly used. But, unfortunately no can also be used in some instances. e.g. "Has he gone to school?". "unfortunately not!". "Has he come?"." "Unfortunately, no!". Hence both can beRead more

    Both “unfortunately not” and “unfortunately no” can be used in the sentence. However unfortunately not is preferred and mostly used. But, unfortunately no can also be used in some instances.

    e.g.

    1. “Has he gone to school?”. “unfortunately not!”.
    2. “Has he come?”.” “Unfortunately, no!“.

    Hence both can be used in the sentence.

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  8. Following literary devices have been used in the poem The Rain by WH Davies: Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that is used to make a direct comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. "Rain" here symbolises money and worldly things, "Wondrous light refersRead more

    Following literary devices have been used in the poem The Rain by WH Davies:

    1. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that is used to make a direct comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. “Rain” here symbolises money and worldly things, “Wondrous light refers to the light of God i.e. divine light.
    2. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things including animals and non-living things. e.g. “rich leaves” personify rich people, “poor leaves” personify poor people and “Sun” personifies God.
    3. Oxymoron: It is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. e.g. sweet noise (noise is never sweet).
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuing a line after the line breaks. In the poem both stanzas have lines which continue without full stop.
    5. Imagery: It is the visual description of something. In the poem, the poet uses auditory image like drinking water, sweet noise, visual image like green leaves, sun shines bright etc.

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  9. Rich leaves symbolise rich people who take away all the money as well as things. On the other hand, poor leaves symbolise poor people who get what the rich people give which is very little. Read summary of this poem.

    Rich leaves symbolise rich people who take away all the money as well as things. On the other hand, poor leaves symbolise poor people who get what the rich people give which is very little.

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