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    The shrine visitor is first uninformed of the woman’s experiences and dismisses her as someone who harasses passers-by for money. He subsequently realizes that instead of stretching her hand, the woman chooses to live with dignity by doing a respectable job to make ends meet.   An Old Woman SumRead more

    The shrine visitor is first uninformed of the woman’s experiences and dismisses her as someone who harasses passers-by for money. He subsequently realizes that instead of stretching her hand, the woman chooses to live with dignity by doing a respectable job to make ends meet.

     

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    Anastrophe: The syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence. As in the line ‘my grief a proud man heard’ the proper syntax should have been ‘A proud man heard my grief’. Alliteration: A poetic device that uses the same letter sound at the start of adjacent or closelRead more

    1. Anastrophe: The syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence. As in the line ‘my grief a proud man heard’ the proper syntax should have been ‘A proud man heard my grief’.
    2. Alliteration: A poetic device that uses the same letter sound at the start of adjacent or closely connected words in a sentence. The first eight lines show the instance with such words as ‘distressed’, ‘proud’,’ heard’, ‘cold’, ‘gold’, where there is the internal Alliteration /d/ sounds.
    3. Aphorism: A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. For example, “Oh! Gold is great. But greater far Is heavenly sympathy!”
    4. Juxtaposition: It means placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences. For example, “night and day”
    5. Rhetorical Question: It is asked when the speaker already knows the answer and is not expecting or needing any information from the listener. For example, “For all he did to me?”

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    This poem is set at a difficult time in the poet’s life. At this time, the poet was injured and lying by the side of the road. In the absence of any human company, he was distressed. He was also in great pain, both physically and mentally. The poet goes on to describe two different resolutions to thRead more

    This poem is set at a difficult time in the poet’s life. At this time, the poet was injured and lying by the side of the road. In the absence of any human company, he was distressed. He was also in great pain, both physically and mentally. The poet goes on to describe two different resolutions to this setting. Both of these resolutions are contrasts to each other, and his message is conveyed through the device of this very contrast in the scenario.

     

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    Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.” Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.” Anaphora: TRead more

    1. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.”
    2. Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.”
    3. Anaphora: The repetition of a word or sequence of words at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, “prettier far than these”.

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    The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainRead more

    The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainbow is prettier than all the pretty things that sail on the rivers.

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    Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Examples- “When we”, “Grandma and Grandpa” Dear Grandma and Grandpa Summary

    Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Examples- “When we”, “Grandma and Grandpa”

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    This poem talks about how much our grandparents love us. They make us feel special and always give us their love and affection. So, our hearts belong to them. Dear Grandma and Grandpa Summary

    This poem talks about how much our grandparents love us. They make us feel special and always give us their love and affection. So, our hearts belong to them.

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    Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Example- As quiet as a mouse,  Onomatopoeia- Onomatopoeia is when a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.Read more

    • Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

    Example- As quiet as a mouse,

    •  Onomatopoeia– Onomatopoeia is when a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

    Example- That squeaking door will always squeak,

    • Alliteration: Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence.

    Example- That squeaking door will always squeak,

     

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    The poem simply talks about an imaginary figure that does all sorts of mischief, it is this figure that the kids and everyone blames for chaos in the house.   Mr Nobody Summary

    The poem simply talks about an imaginary figure that does all sorts of mischief, it is this figure that the kids and everyone blames for chaos in the house.

     

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    Metaphor- a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted to convey a similarity  e.g Harvest of my womb- used to denote their children. Like worm-eaten cotton pods- used to denote abandoned children. The Farmer's Wife Summary

    • Metaphor- a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted to convey a similarity  e.g Harvest of my womb- used to denote their children. Like worm-eaten cotton pods- used to denote abandoned children.

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