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    Richa Arya
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    Central Idea of The Voice of the Rain: In the poem, rain and music are compared with each other. Both of them rise from their source, help the world. They come back from their sources to make them beautiful and pure.

    Central Idea of The Voice of the Rain: In the poem, rain and music are compared with each other. Both of them rise from their source, help the world. They come back from their sources to make them beautiful and pure.

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    Sachchidanand Kumar

    In this poem, Pablo Neruda has emphasised the importance of introspection. Man has become very selfish and his own action cause him many miseries. The world today stands divided by the man made boundries of caste, creed, race, religion, language, culture, nationality and geographical division.We neeRead more

    In this poem, Pablo Neruda has emphasised the importance of introspection. Man has become very selfish and his own action cause him many miseries. The world today stands divided by the man made boundries of caste, creed, race, religion, language, culture, nationality and geographical division.We need to rise above these small issues and lock at the larger picture. The poet talks about the necessity of cresting a feeling of mutual understanding among human beings and discusses the need of maintaining peace.

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    ALLITERATION lived in a little little black kitten and a little  realio, trulio REPETITION With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon. SIMILE dog was sharp as mustard, Mouth like a fireplace, as brave as a tiger in a rage, Custard , snorting liRead more

    ALLITERATION

    • lived in a little
    • little black kitten and a little
    •  realio, trulio

    REPETITION

    With a little black kitten and a little grey mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon.

    SIMILE

    • dog was sharp as mustard,
    • Mouth like a fireplace,
    • as brave as a tiger in a rage,
    • Custard , snorting like an engine,
    • tail like irons in a dungeon,
    • like a Robin at a worm

    METAPHOR 

    • Chimney for a nose

    PERSONIFICATION 

    In this poem, the poet uses the device of personification with respect to Belinda’s kitten, mouse and dog. In the 2nd line of the 5th  stanza, he gives them all the human ability to speak to and tease another being. They are seen teasing the dragon.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem A Photograph is written in the memory of poet's mother who goes into reminiscence after seeing an old photo framed in cardboard. In the photo, there are three people, poet's mother and two of her cousins who are holding poet's mother's hands. The photo was taken when poet's mother was 12 yeRead more

    The poem A Photograph is written in the memory of poet’s mother who goes into reminiscence after seeing an old photo framed in cardboard. In the photo, there are three people, poet’s mother and two of her cousins who are holding poet’s mother’s hands. The photo was taken when poet’s mother was 12 years old.

    The poet then memorises how her mother laughed seeing her photo of her youth. But deep inside, she was sad because her youth was gone. Now, in the present, the poet’s mother is no more and she is remembering her (mother’s) laugh and missing her.

    So the whole poet is about loss and grief because of it. Both poet and her mother laugh because of their old memories. But ironically both are sad because they have lost something.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers: Metaphor: It is a literary device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. "Bright topaz denizens" (tigers are compared with Bright topRead more

    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers:

    1. Metaphor: It is a literary device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. “Bright topaz denizens” (tigers are compared with Bright topaz because of their elegant colour).
    2. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “finger fluttering”, “prancing, proud”.
    3. Symbolism: It is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. e.g. “Bright topaz denizens” represents tigers’ elegant colours, “massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band” represent male domination, “tigers” represent her hidden desires.
    4. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to animals and non-human things. e.g. “chivalric” is a word which was used for knights in medieval times. But here, it is used for the tigers.
    5. Hyperbole: It is an exaggerated statement. e.g. “massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.” The weight of wedding band cannot be heavy. But it symbolises mental trauma of marriage.
    6. Transferred Epithet: It is a poetic device in which adjective is transferred from the noun it is meant to describe to another noun in the sentence. e.g. “terrified hands” refer to Aunt Jennifer who herself is terrified.
    7. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break. e.g. “The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.”

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    Kurduglu Bey Kayi Member

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem No Men are Foreign: Metaphor: It is a poetic device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. in the poem the poet compares the war with winter (stanza 2) and hell (stanza 5) becauRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem No Men are Foreign:

    1. Metaphor: It is a poetic device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. in the poem the poet compares the war with winter (stanza 2) and hell (stanza 5) because of its dread effects on humanity. Another example of metaphor in the poem is when the poet calls people living in foreign lands as brothers.
    2. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “a single body breathes”, “in which we all shall lie”, “war’s long winter”, “In every land is common life”, “whenever we are told”.
    3. Polysyndeton: It is a literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession. e.g. “aware of sun and air and water”.
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. e.g. the last line of Stanza 4 continues to stanza 5.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Rain on the Roof: Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. "lie listening", "starry spheres", "humid hover", "press pillow", "darling dreamers" "rain roof" etc. PerRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem Rain on the Roof:

    1. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “lie listening”, “starry spheres”, “humid hover”, “press pillow”, “darling dreamers” “rain roof” etc.
    2. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things. In the poem, melancholy darkness weeps in rainy tears. Melancholy and tears are specific to humans but are attributed to the darkness. Again, in stanza 2, thousand recollections weave air-threads. The weaving is also a characteristic feature of humans but attributed to dreams.
    3. Onomatopoeia: It is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. e.g. patter, tinkle.
    4. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. shadows refer to clouds.
    5. Transferred Epithet: When an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. e.g. “melancholy darkness”, “dreamy fancies”, “darling dreamers”.

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    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Father to Son: Metaphor: It is a poetic device used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. "The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine?’. Here seedRead more

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

    1. Metaphor: It is a poetic device used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. “The seed I spent or sown it where The land is his and none of mine?’. Here seed and land refers to the father’s efforts in growing up his son.
    2. Simile: It is the a device used to make comparison using “as” or “like”. e.g. “we speak like strangers”.
    3. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “The seed I spent or sown it where”, “we speak like strangers”, “Silence surrounds us.”, “father’s house, the home he knew”, “anger grows from grief”.
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    Then she took a tiny scrap of dough, And rolled and rolled it flat; And baked it thin as wafer- But she couldn't part with that.

    1. Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
    2. And rolled and rolled it flat;
    3. And baked it thin as wafer-
    4. But she couldn’t part with that.
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    The message of the poem Dust of Snow is that worst things often lead to the best memories. In the poem, the poet is not in a good mood. However when a crow (a bad omen), shakes down dust of snow (used in negative sense) from Hemlock tree (another sign of bad omen), the poet feels a change of mood anRead more

    The message of the poem Dust of Snow is that worst things often lead to the best memories. In the poem, the poet is not in a good mood. However when a crow (a bad omen), shakes down dust of snow (used in negative sense) from Hemlock tree (another sign of bad omen), the poet feels a change of mood and he remains happy for the rest of the day.

    The poem thus gives the message that we should always remain positive, optimistic and hopeful even in the worst condition because goodness is found in everything.

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