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In: CBSE, Poetry

“Perhaps the earth can teach us as when everything seems dead”. Which poetic device is used here?

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    Here 'Earth' is personified. Hence the poetic device used isĀ Personification. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Here ‘Earth’ is personified. Hence the poetic device used isĀ Personification.

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“unless governor inspector visitor”. Which figure of speech is used here?

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    Here the words are written in a descending order (first governor who is highest in rank, then inspector lower in rank and then visitor, lowest in rank). Hence the poetic device used isĀ Anticlimax. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Here the words are written in a descending order (first governor who is highest in rank, then inspector lower in rank and then visitor, lowest in rank). Hence the poetic device used isĀ Anticlimax.

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“belled, flowery, tyrolese valley”. Give the correct figure of speech.

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    Here the words are written in ascending order (b, f, t, v). Hence the poetic device used is Climax. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Here the words are written in ascending order (b, f, t, v). Hence the poetic device used is Climax.

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“cloudless at dawn”. Which figure of speech is used here?

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    Cloudless and dawn are two contrasting ideas. Hence the poetic device used isĀ Antithesis. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Cloudless and dawn are two contrasting ideas. Hence the poetic device used isĀ Antithesis.

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Identify the literary devices in ‘whose language is the sun’

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    In the line "whose language is the sun", the poetic device used is calledĀ Metaphor. Here, sun symbolises passion, enthusiasm, and firm determination. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    In the line “whose language is the sun”, the poetic device used is calledĀ Metaphor. Here, sun symbolises passion, enthusiasm, and firm determination.

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“Run azure on gold sands”. Which poetic device is used here?

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    In the phrase, "run azure on gold sands", the poet has used metaphor. Azure symbolises freedom and gold sands symbolise deserted and hopeless life of the slum children. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum  

    In the phrase, “run azure on gold sands”, the poet has used metaphor. Azure symbolises freedom and gold sands symbolise deserted and hopeless life of the slum children.

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“break o break open till they break the town”. Which figure of speech is used here?

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    Here, the poet uses "Repetition" poetic device. In this phrase, the word "break" has been repeated several times for poetic effect. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Here, the poet uses “Repetition” poetic device. In this phrase, the word “break” has been repeated several times for poetic effect.

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Identify the literary devices in ā€˜that shut upon their lives like catacombs’.

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    The poet compares the slums with catacombs (underground cemetery) using the word "like". Hence the poetic device used here isĀ Simile. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    The poet compares the slums with catacombs (underground cemetery) using the word “like”. Hence the poetic device used here isĀ Simile.

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“so blot their maps with slums as big as doom” Which figure of speech is used here?

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    The poet compares slums with big doom using the word "like". Hence the poetic device used here "simile". Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    The poet compares slums with big doom using the word “like”. Hence the poetic device used here “simile”.

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“all of their time and space are foggy slum”. Which figure of speech is used here?

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    In this phrase the poet calls the future of slum children as foggy slum i.e. hopeless place. Hence the poetic device used here is metaphor. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    In this phrase the poet calls the future of slum children as foggy slum i.e. hopeless place. Hence the poetic device used here is metaphor.

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