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    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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    Simile: ‘His claw fell like a giant club’. This line compares the force behind the claw of a tiger to that of a giant club with the usage of the word ‘like’, making it a simile. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘crawl and crouch’ and ‘hyenas hound’. Enjambment: Sentences run over to the nRead more

    1. Simile: ‘His claw fell like a giant club’. This line compares the force behind the claw of a tiger to that of a giant club with the usage of the word ‘like’, making it a simile.
    2. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘crawl and crouch’ and ‘hyenas hound’.
    3. Enjambment: Sentences run over to the next line in this poem to give a sense of continuity. A couple of examples would be ‘So he would belly-crawl and crouch/ And take a long circular route’, and ‘His claw fell like a giant club/ On neck and antler-both were crushed’.

     

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    The central idea of this poem is tiger, the fierce animal. For all its ferociousness, it was poached and hunted, forced to live in fear of hyenas, a lowly creature, and humans with guns, a weapon it is not accustomed to. Razia, the tigress Summary

    The central idea of this poem is tiger, the fierce animal. For all its ferociousness, it was poached and hunted, forced to live in fear of hyenas, a lowly creature, and humans with guns, a weapon it is not accustomed to.

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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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    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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    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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    This short, lyric poem is divided into eight stanzas consisting of four rhyming lines each. The rhyme scheme followed is ‘abab cdcd’ and so on and so forth.   The Tables Turned Summary

    This short, lyric poem is divided into eight stanzas consisting of four rhyming lines each. The rhyme scheme followed is ‘abab cdcd’ and so on and so forth.

     

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    Repetition: For added emphasis, words have been repeated. An example would be ‘Up, up! my Friend’. The Tables Turned Summary

    1. Repetition: For added emphasis, words have been repeated. An example would be ‘Up, up! my Friend’.

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    The central idea of this poem is Romanticism. As all Romantic poems are, this poem too focuses on nature rather than the materialistic values of humans.   The Tables Turned Summary

    The central idea of this poem is Romanticism. As all Romantic poems are, this poem too focuses on nature rather than the materialistic values of humans.

     

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    This didactic poem is split into six stanzas. Each stanza consists of four lines, thus making it a quatrain. The rhyme scheme followed is a simple abab, cdcd, and so on and so forth. However, the present text being an extract only five stanzas with the exception of what should have been the fourth sRead more

    This didactic poem is split into six stanzas. Each stanza consists of four lines, thus making it a quatrain. The rhyme scheme followed is a simple abab, cdcd, and so on and so forth. However, the present text being an extract only five stanzas with the exception of what should have been the fourth stanza.

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