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    The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCCDD….. However, the last six lines rhyme differently thus we can say that the poem does not have a fixed rhyme scheme.   There was a naughty Boy Summary

    The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCCDD….. However, the last six lines rhyme differently thus we can say that the poem does not have a fixed rhyme scheme.

     

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    Similes: A simile is a description that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison. For example, “The ground was as hard”. The poem is full of similes where many comparisons are drawn between things of one place and another.   There was a naughty boy Summary

    Similes: A simile is a description that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison. For example, “The ground was as hard”. The poem is full of similes where many comparisons are drawn between things of one place and another.

     

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    Here the poet John Keats is bringing out the mindset condition of those people who dream about visiting some distant place that they imagine would be different, mesmerizing, dreamy, heaven-like, and so on. And once they reach the place, they feel a sense of disappointment that everything is just theRead more

    Here the poet John Keats is bringing out the mindset condition of those people who dream about visiting some distant place that they imagine would be different, mesmerizing, dreamy, heaven-like, and so on. And once they reach the place, they feel a sense of disappointment that everything is just the same as in the place where they permanently reside and that the new place after all holds no special charm as they imagined while they were reading about it in the books. So some of us are in such a situation at some or other point in our life! So, John Keats is not talking about a naughty boy in his poem. He is talking about the Naughty Boys in us!

     

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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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    Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “congregates in crowds”, “firm foliage”, “stainless sky”, “Gather about great fires” Imagery- Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. Examples- “bright and cheeRead more

    1. Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “congregates in crowds”, “firm foliage”, “stainless sky”, “Gather about great fires”
    2. Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. Examples- “bright and cheerful afternoon”, “sunny month”, “silver clouds”, “stainless sky”, “translucent ice”, “wrinkled clod”, “great fires”
    3. Simile– A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “A wrinkled clod as hard as brick”

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    The central idea of the poem is the difference between summer and winter. While summer is a bright and happy time when all things in nature rejoice, winter is a bleak period that sucks the life out of everything.   Summer and Winter Summary

    The central idea of the poem is the difference between summer and winter. While summer is a bright and happy time when all things in nature rejoice, winter is a bleak period that sucks the life out of everything.

     

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