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  1. The arrangement of rhymes at the ends of each line in a poem or song is known as a rhyme scheme. It is commonly done by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme with each other. The poem ‘March’ consists of rhyme scheme aabbc. March Summary

    The arrangement of rhymes at the ends of each line in a poem or song is known as a rhyme scheme. It is commonly done by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme with each other. The poem ‘March’ consists of rhyme scheme aabbc.

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  1. Simile- a figure of speech in which one object is compared to another of a different sort in order to make a description more strong or vivid. There are forty feeding like one, Like an army defeated Onomatopoiea- a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.Read more

    • Simile- a figure of speech in which one object is compared to another of a different sort in order to make a description more strong or vivid. There are forty feeding like one, Like an army defeated
    • Onomatopoiea- a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.  The small birds twitter- Twitter indicate the chirping sound of birds.
    • Oxymoron– a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. The oldest and the youngest- youngest and oldest are opposite terms.

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  1. The poem’s core idea is to appreciate the arrival of spring. Wordsworth was a perfect example of a ‘worshipper of nature,’ as seen by the poem ‘March,’ in which he brilliantly admired the surroundings and its beauty. The poem was composed during the war, when people faced tremendous changes. The hapRead more

    The poem’s core idea is to appreciate the arrival of spring. Wordsworth was a perfect example of a ‘worshipper of nature,’ as seen by the poem ‘March,’ in which he brilliantly admired the surroundings and its beauty. The poem was composed during the war, when people faced tremendous changes. The happy days came as the war ended. Wordsworth attempted to portray war and its sufferings during winter in this poem, and regarded springtime as the arrival of bright days.

     

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    Anastrophe: The syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence. As in the line ‘my grief a proud man heard’ the proper syntax should have been ‘A proud man heard my grief’. Alliteration: A poetic device that uses the same letter sound at the start of adjacent or closelRead more

    1. Anastrophe: The syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence. As in the line ‘my grief a proud man heard’ the proper syntax should have been ‘A proud man heard my grief’.
    2. Alliteration: A poetic device that uses the same letter sound at the start of adjacent or closely connected words in a sentence. The first eight lines show the instance with such words as ‘distressed’, ‘proud’,’ heard’, ‘cold’, ‘gold’, where there is the internal Alliteration /d/ sounds.
    3. Aphorism: A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. For example, “Oh! Gold is great. But greater far Is heavenly sympathy!”
    4. Juxtaposition: It means placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences. For example, “night and day”
    5. Rhetorical Question: It is asked when the speaker already knows the answer and is not expecting or needing any information from the listener. For example, “For all he did to me?”

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  1. This poem is set at a difficult time in the poet’s life. At this time, the poet was injured and lying by the side of the road. In the absence of any human company, he was distressed. He was also in great pain, both physically and mentally. The poet goes on to describe two different resolutions to thRead more

    This poem is set at a difficult time in the poet’s life. At this time, the poet was injured and lying by the side of the road. In the absence of any human company, he was distressed. He was also in great pain, both physically and mentally. The poet goes on to describe two different resolutions to this setting. Both of these resolutions are contrasts to each other, and his message is conveyed through the device of this very contrast in the scenario.

     

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  1. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.” Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.” Anaphora: TRead more

    1. Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “But clouds that sail across the sky.”
    2. Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. For example, “rivers” ends two of the lines, as does “sky.”
    3. Anaphora: The repetition of a word or sequence of words at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, “prettier far than these”.

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  1. The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainRead more

    The poem ‘The Rainbow’ is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainbow is prettier than all the pretty things that sail on the rivers.

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