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    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Keeping Quiet: Alliteration: It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. e.g. "we will count", "sudden strangeness", "stop for one second", "his hurt hands", "clean clothes". Repetition: It is the repetitRead more

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

    1. Alliteration: It is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. e.g. “we will count”, “sudden strangeness”, “stop for one second”, “his hurt hands”, “clean clothes”.
    2. Repetition: It is the repetition of phrases in the poem for poetic effect. e.g. “without rush, without engines“.
    3. Symbolism: The poet uses various symbols in the poem. e.g. “Brothers” symbolise mankind, “green wars” refer to deforestation, “wars with gas” refers to pollution, “clean clothes” symbolise change of perspective, “shade” symbolises protection etc.
    4. Antithesis: It is  the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas. e.g. “count to twelve and we will all keep still”. Here counting and keeping still are contrasting activities and are put together.
    5. Personification: it is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and animals. e.g. “Earth can teach us as when everything“.
    6. Metaphor: It is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. “shade” refers to protection.
    7. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence to the next line/stanza. In the poem, many sentences continue to multiple lines. e.g. “Now we will count to twelve
      and we will all keep still.”, “For once on the face of the Earth let’s not speak in any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much.” etc.

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Childhood: Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and animals. In this poem, childhood is personified. "It went to some forgotten place". Alliteration: It is the the occurrence of the same sound at the bRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Childhood:

    1. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and animals. In this poem, childhood is personified. “It went to some forgotten place“.
    2. Alliteration: It is the the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. e.g. “Hell and Heaven”, “Was that the day!”, “Was it when I found my mind was really mine”, “whichever way”.
    3. Antithesis: This poetic device pairs opposite or contrasting ideas adjacent to each other. e.g. “Hell and Heaven”.
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. e.g. “Was it the time I realised that adults were not All they seemed to be, They talked of love and preached of love, But did not act so lovingly, Was that the day!“.
    5. Repetition: It is the repetition of a word or phrase in the poem for poetic effect. e.g. the phrases “When did my childhood go?”, “Was that the day!” have been repeated several times.
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    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum: Simile: It is a literary device used for comparing two unlike things using like or as. e.g. "Like rootless weeds, the hair torn", "these children Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectaclesRead more

    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum:

    1. Simile: It is a literary device used for comparing two unlike things using like or as. e.g. “Like rootless weeds, the hair torn“, “these children Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steel With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones”, “their maps with slums as big as doom”, “shut upon their lives like catacombs”.
    2. Metaphor: It is a literary device that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g.
      gusty waves”, “The paper- seeming boy, with rat’s eyes.”, “sour cream walls”, “all their future’s painted with a fog”, “sealed in with a lead sky”, “From fog to endless night”, “their time and space are foggy slum”, “whose language is the sun”.
    3. Repetition: It is the repetition of certain words or phrases in the poem for poetic effect. e.g. “far far from“, “break O break“.
    4. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “Far far from”, “other than this”, “A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky”, “Surely, Shakespeare is wicked”, “spectacles of steel”, “bottle bits on stones”, “lives like catacomb”.
    5. Pun: It is a literary device that plays with words that have multiple meanings. e.g. “reciting a father’s gnarled disease“, “sour cream”, “lead sky”. All these words/phrases have multiple meanings.
    6. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and animals. e.g. “civilized dome riding all cities.”. The word ride is used for humans. Here it is used for “civilized dome”.
    7. Metonymy: It is the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. e.g. “Awarding the world its world”. World here symbolizes rich people.
    8. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break. e.g. “His eyes live in a dream / Of squirrel’s game, in tree room, other than this.”

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    Following are the main literary/poetic devices used in the poem “The Voice of the Rain” by Walt Whitman. Personification :- Rain is personified in the whole poem. The rain talks to the poet like a human. Here are some dialogues by the rain – “I am the Poem of Earth”, “I descend to lave the drouths,Read more

    Following are the main literary/poetic devices used in the poem “The Voice of the Rain” by Walt Whitman.

    1. Personification :- Rain is personified in the whole poem. The rain talks to the poet like a human. Here are some dialogues by the rain – “I am the Poem of Earth”, “I descend to lave the drouths, atomies, dust-layers of the globe”, “I give back life to my own origin, and make pure and beautify it;” etc.
    2. Metaphor – The poet uses a lot of metaphors in the poem e.g. “I am the Poem of Earth”, “the voice of the rain” etc.
    3. Alliteration – “(s)aid I to the (s)oft-falling (s)hower”, “(w)hence, (v)aguely form’d” etc.

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem "The Laburnum Top" written by Ted Hughes - Alliteration :- “(S)eptember s()unlight”, "a (s)uddeness, a (s)tartlement", "the whole (t)ree (t)rembles", "(w)histle-chirrup (w)hispering. Simile: "then sleek as a lizard" Metaphor: “a machine starts up oRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem “The Laburnum Top” written by Ted Hughes –

    1. Alliteration :- “(S)eptember s()unlight”, “a (s)uddeness, a (s)tartlement”, “the whole (t)ree (t)rembles”, “(w)histle-chirrup (w)hispering.
    2. Simile: “then sleek as a lizard”
    3. Metaphor: “a machine starts up of chitterings”, “the engine of her family”, “Her barred face identity mask”.
    4. Personification: “the whole tree trembles and thrills”.
    5. Transferred epithet: “Her barred face identity mask”.

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    Personification- Poet refers tiger as He. Oxymoron-quiet rage.(stanza 1)  Metaphor-Tiger's paws are compared to pads of velvet.  Alliteration-He hears (stanza 5), concrete cell (stanza 4), behind bars (stanza 4). Rhythme Scheme- abcb

    1. Personification– Poet refers tiger as He.
    2. Oxymoron-quiet rage.(stanza 1) 
    3. Metaphor-Tiger’s paws are compared to pads of velvet. 
    4. Alliteration-He hears (stanza 5), concrete cell (stanza 4), behind bars (stanza 4).
    5. Rhythme Scheme– abcb
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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Amanda: Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. In the poem, Amanda imagines herself as mermaid and Rapunzel. Repetition: It is a literary device in whiRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Amanda:

    1. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. In the poem, Amanda imagines herself as mermaid and Rapunzel.
    2. Repetition: It is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times. In the poem, words like Amanda, Don’t etc are repeated again and again for poetic effect.
    3. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “Stop that slouching and sit up straight”, “Did you tidy your room” etc.
    4. Allusion: It is a literary device in which the writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature. In the poem, Amanda imagines herself to be mythological characters like mermaid and Rapunzel.

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six. Simile: it is the comparison of two things by using as or like. e.g. "her face ashen like that of a corpse", "as a late winter's moon". Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like. e.g.Read more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six.

    1. Simile: it is the comparison of two things by using as or like. e.g. “her face ashen like that of a corpse”, “as a late winter’s moon”.
    2. Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like. e.g. “the merry children spilling”.
    3. Personification: When we give human characteristics to animals or plants or non-living things. e.g. “trees sprinting”. 
    4. Anaphora: It is the repetition of a word or phrase to create a poetic effect in a poem. e.g. the poet repeats these words, “smile and smile and smile”.
    5. Alliteration: It is the repetition of the consonant sounds in a line of a poem. e.g. “my mother”, “that thought”, “I said was, see you soon”.

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