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    Irony: The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. For example, “What is this life, if full of care,” Couplet: A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length. Rhetorical Question: Asked in order to produce an effect or to makRead more

    1. Irony: The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. For example, “What is this life, if full of care,”
    2. Couplet: A pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.
    3. Rhetorical Question: Asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information. For example, “We have no time to stand and stare?”
    4. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For Example, “stand and stare”, “beneath the boughs”
    5. Repetition: The action of repeating something that has already been said or written. After the first couplet, each couplet begins with the phrase “No time”
    6. 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 “And stare as long as sheep or cows”
    7. 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. For Example, “Streams full of stars” compared with the “skies at night”
    8. Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. “Beauty’s glance.”
    9. Personification: The description of an object or an idea as if it had human characteristics.
    10. Epigram: A brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Please Listen: Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. The phrase “When I ask you to listen to me” is repeated three times in the poem. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginnRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Please Listen:

    1. Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. The phrase “When I ask you to listen to me” is repeated three times in the poem.
    2. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “when/ we understand what’s behind them”, “listens and lets”

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    Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Examples- “lamps would shine, / Yellow as honey, red as wine”, beads “clustered thick as seeds”, “Her trembling lake like foamless seas” Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. ExaRead more

    • Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Examples- “lamps would shine, / Yellow as honey, red as wine”, beads “clustered thick as seeds”, “Her trembling lake like foamless seas”
    • Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. Example- “If I were Lord of Tartary”
    • Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. The poet uses imagery to describe the beauty of Tartary and his experience as its ruler.
    • Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “Myself and me”, “mandoline, / Made music”, “zebras seven should”, “Through Tartary’s”
    • Inversion– It is a change in the expected word order. Examples- “Of beaten gold my throne”, “And in my court should peacocks flaunt”, “And in my forests tigers haunt”, “And in my pools great fishes slant/ Their fins athwart the sun”, “Trumpeters every day/ To every meal would summon me”, “zebras seven”, “ere should wane the morning-star”

     

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    Daanish Malik

    ‘Leisure’ by William Henry Davies highlights the importance of leisure in one’s life and how the hectic modern life has alienated one from nature. In this poem, Davies talks about the significance of being close to nature. The poem begins with some examples of what one can do to exhale the stress ouRead more

    ‘Leisure’ by William Henry Davies highlights the importance of leisure in one’s life and how the hectic modern life has alienated one from nature. In this poem, Davies talks about the significance of being close to nature. The poem begins with some examples of what one can do to exhale the stress out of one’s body. If one only cares about the body forgetting about how beautiful and soothing nature is, it will lead that person to spiritual poverty. Moreover, the poet makes use of imagery to portray the beauty of nature. All one has to do is to “stand and stare” at the natural movements of different creatures living close to nature.

     

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Nathu: Nathu is the protagonist of the story. He is a sweeper by profession. He works in the Pipalnagar bank. Sitaram: Sitaram is the son of a washerman. He plays a significant role in the story. Seth Govind Ram: He is the owner of the Pipalnagar bank. Mrs. Srivastava, Mrs. Bhushan, Mr. Bhushan, KamRead more

    • Nathu: Nathu is the protagonist of the story. He is a sweeper by profession. He works in the Pipalnagar bank.
    • Sitaram: Sitaram is the son of a washerman. He plays a significant role in the story.
    • Seth Govind Ram: He is the owner of the Pipalnagar bank.
    • Mrs. Srivastava, Mrs. Bhushan, Mr. Bhushan, Kamal Inshore, Deep Chand, Old Ganpat: All of them are the villagers of Pipalnagar.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    In “There is Another Sky”, the poet is addressing the poem to the soldiers who are in a war. The tone of the poem is positive and encouraging.

    In “There is Another Sky”, the poet is addressing the poem to the soldiers who are in a war. The tone of the poem is positive and encouraging.

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    Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem Invictus: Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “Black as the Pit from pole to pole”, “clutch of circumstance”, “Finds, and shall find” Personification- PersoRead more

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

    1. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “Black as the Pit from pole to pole”, “clutch of circumstance”, “Finds, and shall find”
    2. 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. Examples- “the night that covers me”, “fell clutch of circumstance”, “the bludgeonings of chance”
    3. Metaphor– A metaphor directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. The phrase “the night that covers me” is a metaphor for the poet’s hardships, and “the Horror of the shade” is a metaphor for death and its terrifying nature.
    4. Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “Black as the Pit from pole to pole”
    5. Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. Examples- “Black as the Pit”, “My head is bloody”, “Beyond this place of wrath and tears”

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The whole story is ironic because the boy for whom a bank collapses has no idea about why such a thing happens. He doesn’t even have a bank account. Though the collapsing of the bank may seem the best idea to the readers as this acts as a revenge to the bank’s ignorance towards Nathu’s struggle, itRead more

    The whole story is ironic because the boy for whom a bank collapses has no idea about why such a thing happens. He doesn’t even have a bank account. Though the collapsing of the bank may seem the best idea to the readers as this acts as a revenge to the bank’s ignorance towards Nathu’s struggle, it throws him in a more despicable condition. As the bank collapses, he loses his stable job and doesn’t even get his dues. His future remains the same as he belongs to the lower class background.

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    The main theme of this poem is the view from a railway carriage. The poet talks about how fast the train is, and how its speed makes the scenery outside look. The train rushes past animals and objects, and people going about their day, but the poet only catches everything for a split second.   FromRead more

    The main theme of this poem is the view from a railway carriage. The poet talks about how fast the train is, and how its speed makes the scenery outside look. The train rushes past animals and objects, and people going about their day, but the poet only catches everything for a split second.  

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