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    The following literary devices have been used in the poem “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud“. Simile lonely as a cloud as the stars that shine Hyperbole Ten thousand saw I at a glance stretched in never-ending line Personification a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils dancing in the breeze. Tossing theirRead more

    The following literary devices have been used in the poem “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud“.

    Simile

    • lonely as a cloud
    • as the stars that shine

    Hyperbole

    • Ten thousand saw I at a glance
    • stretched in never-ending line

    Personification

    • a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils
    • dancing in the breeze.
    • Tossing their heads in sprightly dance
    • waves beside them danced
    • inward eye
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    Poetic device used in the poem, “Nine Gold Medals” :- 1) Alliteration:- is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “youngest among them stumbled and staggered.” Read summary of Nine Gold Medals

    Poetic device used in the poem, “Nine Gold Medals” :-

    1) Alliteration:- is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “youngest among them stumbled and staggered.”

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    The title of a story serves as an important link to the plot. In this case, the title “The Story of an Hour” aptly suits the main plot of the short story. The freedom and joy gained in one hour after husband’s death by Louise is quickly lost. Within an hour she has a glimpse of her life free from reRead more

    The title of a story serves as an important link to the plot. In this case, the title “The Story of an Hour” aptly suits the main plot of the short story. The freedom and joy gained in one hour after husband’s death by Louise is quickly lost. Within an hour she has a glimpse of her life free from restrictions and her husband and then loses all her dreams and aspirations at the sight of her husband, still alive. The introspection towards life and independence takes place in one hour, at the end of which Louise meets her sudden death.

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    Poetic devices used in the poem, “Television” are:- 1) Simile:- is used to compare directly between two different things using the words “as” or “like.” For example, in the poem, the poet compares the minds of the children to cheese when he says, “HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE.” 2) Metaphor:-Read more

    Poetic devices used in the poem, “Television” are:-

    1) Simile:- is used to compare directly between two different things using the words “as” or “like.” For example, in the poem, the poet compares the minds of the children to cheese when he says, “HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE.”

    2) Metaphor:- is used to compare two abstract ideas. For example, in the poem the poet compares young children to be as drunk as intoxicated people when he says “Until they’re absolutely drunk.”

    3) Alliteration:- is the repetition of consonant sounds in near or adjacent words. For example, in the poem alliteration occurs when “And pirates wearing purple pants.”

    4) Consonance:- is a broader form of alliteration and is seen in the poem when the poet repeats the ‘L’ and ‘D’ sounds in “It makes a child so dull and blind.”

    5) Assonance:- is the repetition of vowel sounds. For example, in the poem, “And in its place you can install”, the “i” is being repeated.

    6) Hyperbole:- is a form of simile used to exaggerate an object. In the poem, the poem exaggerates the adverse effects of the television by saying “A dozen eyeballs on the floor.”

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    A metaphor is a literary device or figure of speech in which two things are compared to each other which are literally similar. However it helps to explain an idea. In the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, the poet uses various metaphors. e.g. The poet compares the daffodils with stars shining in tRead more

    A metaphor is a literary device or figure of speech in which two things are compared to each other which are literally similar. However it helps to explain an idea. In the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, the poet uses various metaphors. e.g.

    The poet compares the daffodils with stars shining in the galaxy as like the stars, the daffodils were everywhere. Next, he describes his joy in terms of wealth. For him seeing them is his wealth.

    He calls the shores of the lake as line which is also a metaphor. He calls daffodils as bliss of solitude. So these are the important metaphors in the poem I Wondered Lonely As Cloud.

    Read the summary of this poem.

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    The protagonist of the story, Klausner, was quite different from the other characters and the public at large in the story. He was an eccentric scientist who had an unhealthy obsession with his experiment. He gave all his time and energy in developing the sound machine. Not once was he seen in the sRead more

    The protagonist of the story, Klausner, was quite different from the other characters and the public at large in the story. He was an eccentric scientist who had an unhealthy obsession with his experiment. He gave all his time and energy in developing the sound machine. Not once was he seen in the story doing something else that didn’t involve his experiment. Mrs Saunders had always believed that Klausner, her neighbor, to be a rather peculiar person but when he asked her to cut another rose, she became convinced that he had gone completely mad but was harmless. Same with the doctor who applied wound at a tree just to humor Klausner as he didn’t want to face Klausner when he is displeased.

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    In the Dramatic Monologue "The Patriot", Robert Browning uses imagery to show his glory in the beginning and tragic end of his life in the end. In the beginning, the patriot says that when he came back from a war after winning, there were "roses, rose...with myrtle". In addition, there were so manyRead more

    In the Dramatic Monologue “The Patriot”, Robert Browning uses imagery to show his glory in the beginning and tragic end of his life in the end.

    In the beginning, the patriot says that when he came back from a war after winning, there were “roses, rose…with myrtle”. In addition, there were so many people on the roofs of houses (to welcome him) that “house-roofs seemed to heave and sway” and the flags were waving on the top of Churches. It looked like “church-spires flamed”. All these images show how Patriot was treated by the people when he came victoriously.

    However, after 1 year, he is going to be executed because he tried to do too much for them. Now, nobody praises or supports him. There are “just a palsied few at the window set”. The word “palsied” depicts their cold behaviour towards the Patriot. However most of them have gathered to see him hanging. It is raining and he is bleeding as people are throwing stones at him.

    He describes his execution scene as follows, “Thus I entered, and thus I go!” meaning that he was not giving a moment and stoned to death.

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    The narrator, Shankar is a close friend of the protagonist, Jayanto. They have gone to the same school and college. Shankar now teaches in a school. Shankar is a loving and kind person. He sticks up for his friend and doesn’t for once makes fun of him when irrational fear grips hold of Jayanto. He iRead more

    The narrator, Shankar is a close friend of the protagonist, Jayanto. They have gone to the same school and college. Shankar now teaches in a school. Shankar is a loving and kind person. He sticks up for his friend and doesn’t for once makes fun of him when irrational fear grips hold of Jayanto. He is calm and composed and thinks of a reasonable solution to dig up the old burial spot. Shankar is a humble, practical and caring friend of Jayanto as seen though the story.

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    In this poem, we find three important things which the poet is trying to depict. 1. First, the people change and so their sentiments. The people praised the patriot a lot on his victory and loyalty for the country. However after a year, the same people were either cursing him or throwing stones at hRead more

    In this poem, we find three important things which the poet is trying to depict.

    1. First, the people change and so their sentiments. The people praised the patriot a lot on his victory and loyalty for the country. However after a year, the same people were either cursing him or throwing stones at him till he died.
    The reason for such a hate among the people was some sort of misunderstanding. Once a big fan of the patriot are now haters of him. However the patriot has no complains against them as he believes that his love and loyalty for the country will finally be rewarded in the afterlife.

    2. Second important thing worth noticing in the poem is poet’s and patriot’s optimism. In spite of being betrayed by his country and the people because of misunderstanding, the patriot remains optimistic. While he is taken to be executed, he says that he will be rewarded for his bravery in the afterlife. It shows patriot and thus the poet’s belief in God. It is this belief which makes people optimistic and hopeful even in the worst and fatal situations like the one in the poem.

    3. Third important thing I find in the poem is the idea of war. It is rightly said “everything is fair in love and war”. Throughout the history, war has always harmed humanity. The patriot being a loyal soldier of his country kills other people who are also brave soldiers of their countries. However, as he is victorious, he is praised, but after a year, he too suffers the same fate. Hence war a curse on humanity.

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