Kabuliwala is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore. It tells the story of a poor Afghan merchant, Rahamat, and his friendship with a five-year-old Bengali girl, Mini. Rahamat visits India every year to sell dry fruits and this year he meets Mini, who is fascinated by his stories. Rahamat andRead more
Kabuliwala is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore. It tells the story of a poor Afghan merchant, Rahamat, and his friendship with a five–year–old Bengali girl, Mini. Rahamat visits India every year to sell dry fruits and this year he meets Mini, who is fascinated by his stories. Rahamat and Mini form a strong bond and he starts to visit her regularly, bringing her gifts. However, when Rahamat is arrested by the police, Mini and her family try to help him. In the end, Rahamat is deported from India, but Mini and her family promise to keep in touch with him. This heartwarming story shows the power of friendship across cultures.
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Simile: The poet has used this device in the following lines. Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms: they have their mother as I have my own. Here, the child speaker is comparing her mother to the mothers of flowers (Nature) Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary device in which cerRead more
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms: they have their mother as I have my own.
Here, the child speaker is comparing her mother to the mothers of flowers (Nature)
Alliteration is a literary device in which certain sounds are repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
When storm clouds rumble in the sky and June showers come down,
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos.
Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where, and dance upon the grass in wild glee.
Metaphor is a literary device where two unrelated objects are compared to each other.
The poet Tagore has used the following device in the following lines.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboo.
Here, the poet says that when the wind blows through the bamboo, it makes a sound. It is compared to the sounds of bagpipes.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow its bagpipes among the bamboos.
The sound of wind blowing towards the heath is compared to the marching sound.
rush out in dresses of pink and yellow and white.
The child speaker compares the colour of flowers to the uniforms.
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects are given human qualities.
The poet has used this device in the following lines.
The moist east wind comes marching over the heath to blow
Here, the east wind is described as marching soldiers.
Then crowds of flowers come out of a sudden, from nobody knows where, and dance upon the grass in wild glee.
Here, the flowers are described as a crowd dancing upon the grass.
Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground.
The child speaker compares the flowers to the school children.
thunder-clouds clap their giant hands and the flower children
Here, the thunder cloud is personified as clapping hands.
Of course, I can guess to whom they raise their arms: they have their mother as I have my own.
Nature is personified as the mother of flower in this line.
A rhetorical question is a literary question that is asked in the literary work not to provide an answer, but to emphasise the concept or idea behind the question.
The poet Tagore has used this device in the following lines.
Haven’t you seen how eager they are to get there? Don’t you know why they are in such a hurry?
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