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  1. The central idea of this text is nature. Using vivid descriptions, Duke Senior manages to bring out the merits of living in the woods, being one with nature.   Sweet are the uses of adversity Summary

    The central idea of this text is nature. Using vivid descriptions, Duke Senior manages to bring out the merits of living in the woods, being one with nature.

     

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  1. This poem is divided into seven stanzas consisting of four lines each. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘aabb’ in each stanza.   My Furry Friend Summary

    This poem is divided into seven stanzas consisting of four lines each. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘aabb’ in each stanza.

     

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  1. Rhetorical Question- A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. Examples- Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?”, “Deliverance? / Where is this deliverance to be found?”, “What harm is there if tRead more

    Rhetorical Question- A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. Examples- Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?”, “Deliverance? / Where is this deliverance to be found?”, “What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?”

     

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    Visual Imagery: The poem is filled with vivid visual images. One example would be the detailed description of the ‘blotting paper’. Anaphora: Examples would be ‘And put the address/And begin, “Dearest Mummy,”’, and ‘And run to the post box/And now it has gone!’ where ‘and’ is repeated in the beginniRead more

    1. Visual Imagery: The poem is filled with vivid visual images. One example would be the detailed description of the ‘blotting paper’.
    2. Anaphora: Examples would be ‘And put the address/And begin, “Dearest Mummy,”’, and ‘And run to the post box/And now it has gone!’ where ‘and’ is repeated in the beginning of each line.
    3. Parenthesis: This can be seen with the usage of brackets in the line ‘(Did anyone guess?)’.

     

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    Eye Rhyme: In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, words that appear to rhyme have been used. Examples would be ‘puppy’, ‘happy’ and ‘fun’, ‘conversation’. Simile: The lines ‘As small as a rat’ and ‘Nibbles like a mouse’ compare the puppy to being a rat and a mouse with the usage of the words ‘as’ anRead more

    1. Eye Rhyme: In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, words that appear to rhyme have been used. Examples would be ‘puppy’, ‘happy’ and ‘fun’, ‘conversation’.
    2. Simile: The lines ‘As small as a rat’ and ‘Nibbles like a mouse’ compare the puppy to being a rat and a mouse with the usage of the words ‘as’ and ‘like’ respectively, making it a simile.
    3. Alliteration: An example would be ‘small in size’.

     

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  1. This poem is divided into eight stanzas consisting of four lines each. It does not follow a rhyme scheme.   Razia, the tigress Summary

    This poem is divided into eight stanzas consisting of four lines each. It does not follow a rhyme scheme.

     

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  1. This excerpt is not a poem per se, but is a dialogue delivered by Duke Senior. The stanzas here are thus merely for convenience. The lines do not follow a rhyme scheme.   Sweet are the uses of adversity Summary

    This excerpt is not a poem per se, but is a dialogue delivered by Duke Senior. The stanzas here are thus merely for convenience. The lines do not follow a rhyme scheme.

     

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    Repetition: Repetition refers to the use of the same word or phrase multiple times and is a fundamental poetic technique. For example, “The Hunter” has been repeated several times in the poem. Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text.Read more

    1. Repetition: Repetition refers to the use of the same word or phrase multiple times and is a fundamental poetic technique. For example, “The Hunter” has been repeated several times in the poem.
    2. Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text. For example, “felt the deer’s lack of fear”.

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