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    Following literary devices/poetic devices have been used in the poem Cherry Tree written by Ruskin Bond: Alliteration – Consonant sounds are repeated in successive words for melody. “Its arms in a fresh fierce lust” Here, the consonant sound ‘f’ is repeated pleasingly. “Made a miracle from green groRead more

    Following literary devices/poetic devices have been used in the poem Cherry Tree written by Ruskin Bond:

    1. Alliteration – Consonant sounds are repeated in successive words for melody. “Its arms in a fresh fierce lust” Here, the consonant sound ‘f’ is repeated pleasingly. “Made a miracle from green growing” Here, the consonant sound ‘g’ is repeated pleasingly. “Shrivelled the slender stem….” Here, the consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated pleasingly.
    2. Antithesis – Opposite ideas/words are used together. Example – “but cherries have a way of growing, Though no one’s caring very much or knowing.” -Opposite idea of growing without caring is seen in the lines. “It was very small, five months child Lost in the tall grass running wild.” -Opposite ideas – small and tall are seen in the lines.
    3. Climax – words, phrases, lines are arranged in ascending order of their importance. Examples “Pink, fragile, quick to fall”
    4. Personification – Human qualities are attributed to non-human, inanimate objects. Example – “A Tree had come to stay” A tree is given the human quality of coming and staying.

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    Alliteration: Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in series  Eg.  Sleep full of sweet dreams, the sound of ‘s’ is repeated, Metaphor: Compares one kind of thing to another kind of thing. Eg, A bower quiet for us (calmness of the bower is compared to the calming effect ofRead more

    • Alliteration: Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in series  Eg.  Sleep full of sweet dreams, the sound of ‘s’ is repeated,
    • Metaphor: Compares one kind of thing to another kind of thing. Eg, A bower quiet for us (calmness of the bower is compared to the calming effect of a beautiful thing)
    • Anaphora: Use of same word in two consecutive lines. Anaphora serves the purpose of delivering an artistic effect to a passage. Eg. Of noble natures- Of all the unhealthy
    • Imagery: creating a sensory effect of beautiful things lined up in a string.  Eg. A flowery band to bind us,
    • Inversion: The normal order of words is reversed. Eg. ( Are we wreathing a flowery band)
    • Antithesis: opposite words placed together. Eg. Old and young

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Nose Versus Eyes: The poem is in stanzas of four lines each, The first and third, and the second-and fourth-lines rhyme in each. Personification: An imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction. The sensory organs are personified. The eyes aRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Nose Versus Eyes:

    1. The poem is in stanzas of four lines each, The first and third, and the second-and fourth-lines rhyme in each.
    2. Personification: An imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction. The sensory organs are personified. The eyes and nose are the parties fighting the cakes, claiming ownership of the spectacles. The tongue is the lawyer; the ear is the chief baron – The judge. The tongue is attributed with the qualities of skillful argument and learning. The tongue is also given the quality of shifting loyalties and doublespeak. That is what lawyers do. The ear is spoken of as having good judgment.
    3. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example “Spectacles set”, “said spectacles”
    4. Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Example “Chief Baron Ear”
    5. The figure of speech is Inversion -the word order of the sentence is changed for poetic effect, it should be ‘A strange contest arose between nose and eyes’.Example- “But what were his arguments few people know”.
    6. The poem has many words and phrases related to the legal field ‘Your lordship ‘is how the tongue addresses the ear. ‘Decreed, pleaded, arguments ‘are the few words used in the court.
    7. Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. For example, “time out of mind”
    8. Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. For example, “As wide as the ridge”, “just like a saddle”
    9. Tautology: The unnecessary repetition of an idea, statement, or word whose meaning has already been expressed “visage or countenance”.

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    Personification– Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. The brook is personified as a person in this poem. Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. ExaRead more

    • Personification– Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. The brook is personified as a person in this poem.
    • Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. Examples- “To join the brimming river, / For men may come and men may go, / But I go on for ever”, “And here and there”
    • Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “suddensally”, “hills I hurry”, “twenty thorpes”, “half a hundred”, “men may”, “field and fallow”, “fairy foreland”, “With willow-weed”, “foamy flake”, “golden gravel”, “skimming swallows”, “sandy shallows”
    • Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. The poet uses imagery throughout the poem to describe the places that the brook flows through and the things it sees.
    • Enjambment– It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. Many of the sentences in this poem span multiple lines and are therefore of this nature.
    • Onomatopoeia– It is the use of sounds for literary effect. Examples- “I chatter over stony ways, / In little sharps and trebles, / I bubble into eddying bays, / I babble on the pebbles”, “I chatter, chatter, as I flow”, “I murmur under moon and stars”

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    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem The Planners: Alliteration: When two or more words close together in a line begin with the same consonant. For example, “permutations of possibilities”, “skies surrender”, “dental dexterity”, “gleaming gold”, “Anaesthesia, amnesia”Read more

    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem The Planners:

    1. Alliteration: When two or more words close together in a line begin with the same consonant. For example, “permutations of possibilities”, “skies surrender”, “dental dexterity”, “gleaming gold”, “Anaesthesia, amnesia”.
    2. Assonance: When two or more words close together in a line have similar-sounding vowels. For Example, “linked by bridges”, “build and will”, “knock of useless blocks with dental dexterity”.
    3. Caesura: When a line is paused halfway roughly, by punctuation. For Example, “so history is new again. The piling will not stop.”
    4. Enjambment: When a line continues into the next without a pause, maintaining sense, as in the whole of the last stanza.
    5. Metaphor: When the rows of new buildings are called shining teeth, this is a metaphorical use, exchanging one for the other which helps deepen meaning and adds fresh imagery.
    6. Repetition: The use of “They plan….They build” and so on reinforces the idea that the planners are anonymous, yet powerful.

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    Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem: Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /o/ in “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by” and the sound of /i/ in “All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.” CoRead more

    Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem:

    1. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of /o/ in “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by” and the sound of /i/ in “All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”
    2. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as the sound of /l/ in “splendour, valley, rock, or hill;” and the sound of /h/ in “And all that mighty heart” and /s/ sound in “Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie.”
    3. Enjambment: It is defined as a thought in verse that does not come to an end at a line break; instead, it rolls over to the next line. For example,“Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty.”
    4. Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. Wordsworth has used this device in the opening lines poem as he exaggerates the beauty of London city. For example, “Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.”
    5. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “The river glideth at his own sweet will” and “This City now doth, like a garment, wear.”
    6. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. In the fourth line “This City now doth, like a garment, wear”, the city is personified.
    7. Simile: It is a figure of speech used to compare an object or person with something else to make the meanings clear to the readers. For example, “This City now doth, like a garment, wear”.

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    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Hope is the Thing With Feathers: Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an indirect comparison between two unlike things. Example-  ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers – Anaphora: Anaphora is a device in which a phraseRead more

    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Hope is the Thing With Feathers:

    1. Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an indirect comparison between two unlike things. Example-  ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
    1. Anaphora: Anaphora is a device in which a phrase or word is repeated at the start of successive phrases, sentences, or clauses. Example– And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –
    1. Personification: Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes. Example- And sings the tune without the words.

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    Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem Somebody's Mother: Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “The woman was old”, “streets were white”, “the crowded crossing”, “the slippery street”, “without huRead more

    Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem Somebody’s Mother:

    1. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “The woman was old”, “streets were white”, “the crowded crossing”, “the slippery street”, “without hurt or harm”, “His young heart happy”, “‘She’s somebody’s mother”, “someone, some time”, “somebody’s son”
    2. Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “Came happy boys, like a flock of sheep”
    3. Synecdoche- Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. Example- “her anxious eye”
    4. Inversion– It is a change in the expected word order. Examples- “At the crowded crossing she waited long”, “Hastened the children on their way”, “Her aged hand on his strong young arm/ She placed”.

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    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Life written by Charlotte Bronte: Simile: It is a poetic device in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as. e.g.  dark as sages say Metaphor: ItRead more

    Following poetic devices/literary devices have been used in the poem Life written by Charlotte Bronte:

    1. Simile: It is a poetic device in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as. e.g.  dark as sages say
    2. Metaphor: It is a poetic device that makes a comparison between two unlike things.e.g. “clouds of gloom”, “Life’s sunny hours”,  “her golden wings”
    3. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-living things. e.g. “a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day”, “Life’s sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily”, “sorrow seems to win”, “Hope again elastic springs”.
    4. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “So dark as sages say”, “Enjoy them as they fly!”, “sorrow seems to win”, “Still strong”,
    5. Rhetorical Question: It is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. e.g. “Why lament its fall?”

    Life Poem by Charlotte Bronte Summary & Explanation

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Autumn written by Kalidasa: Personification- Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Autumn being personified as a beautiful maiden is the main tRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Autumn written by Kalidasa:

    1. Personification– Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Autumn being personified as a beautiful maiden is the main theme of this poem.
    2. Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “Birds greet her with their cooing glad/ Like a bracelet’s tinkling song.”
    3. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “Bewitching smiles are shown”, “She seems a slender maid, who soon”, “Will be a woman grown”
    4. Metaphor– A metaphor directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. Examples- “Her silken robe is white moonlight”, “her face (the radiant moon)”
    5. Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. The poet uses imagery throughout the poem to describe the beautiful characteristics of autumn.
    6. Enjambment– It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. The second stanza is an example of enjambment.

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