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    Metaphor: The red colour of Sir Pertab Singh’s house is described using the metaphor ‘Rose-red’ in the first stanza. Simile: In the last stanza, a soldier’s faith is compared to being “Wide as the world, free as the air/Pure as the pool of death”, the usage of the word ‘as’ making it a simile. PersoRead more

    1. Metaphor: The red colour of Sir Pertab Singh’s house is described using the metaphor ‘Rose-red’ in the first stanza.
    2. Simile: In the last stanza, a soldier’s faith is compared to being “Wide as the world, free as the air/Pure as the pool of death”, the usage of the word ‘as’ making it a simile.
    3. Personification: The line ‘And their blood sang to them as they rode’ is an example of personification where their blood is given the human attribute of singing.

     

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  1. This poem, as clearly mentioned, is a ballad. It follows the rules of the ballad by consisting of twenty stanzas that are quatrains. Each stanza follows the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’.   A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh Summary

    This poem, as clearly mentioned, is a ballad. It follows the rules of the ballad by consisting of twenty stanzas that are quatrains. Each stanza follows the rhyme scheme ‘abcb’.

     

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  1. The central idea of this ballad is friendship. Each stanza highlights the deep bond of friendship the King and the Englishman shared, putting aside their differences. Even in death, the King honoured this against all odds. A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh Summary

    The central idea of this ballad is friendship. Each stanza highlights the deep bond of friendship the King and the Englishman shared, putting aside their differences. Even in death, the King honoured this against all odds.

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