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  1. Personification- Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Sleep is personified in this poem. Enjambment- It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. The first two stanzas of this poem coRead more

    Personification– Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Sleep is personified in this poem.

    Enjambment– It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. The first two stanzas of this poem consist of one sentence. This is an example of enjambment.

    Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “One after one”, “white sheets of water”, “Sleepless; and soon the small birds’”, “melodies/ Must hear”, “Sleep! by any stealth:/ So”, “blesséd barrier between”, “day and day”

     

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  1. Sleep is the central idea of the poem. The poet tries to sleep by thinking of various peaceful scenes, but still cannot. He really wishes sleep would come to him. Sleep brings fresh thoughts and joyous health to all, so we really need sleep. Sleep is very precious to all creatures.   To Sleep SRead more

    Sleep is the central idea of the poem. The poet tries to sleep by thinking of various peaceful scenes, but still cannot. He really wishes sleep would come to him. Sleep brings fresh thoughts and joyous health to all, so we really need sleep. Sleep is very precious to all creatures.

     

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  1. The rhyme scheme ‘abab’ is used in stanzas 1 and 4, whereas the ‘abcb’ scheme has been used in stanzas 2, 3, and 5. The poem is presented in the form of a dialogue between a child and a speaker who conveys it to an audience.   Piping Down the Valleys Wild Summary

    The rhyme scheme ‘abab’ is used in stanzas 1 and 4, whereas the ‘abcb’ scheme has been used in stanzas 2, 3, and 5. The poem is presented in the form of a dialogue between a child and a speaker who conveys it to an audience.

     

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  1. Symbolism- Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things. On a cloud I saw a child- here, child refers to an angel. Pipe a song about a lamb- Lamb refers to God.   Piping Down the Valleys Wild Summary

    • Symbolism- Symbolism is the idea that things represent other things. On a cloud I saw a child- here, child refers to an angel. Pipe a song about a lamb- Lamb refers to God.

     

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  1. The poem's core idea is to emphasize Blake's primary purpose behind writing and to make his poetry accessible to all children. In this poem, the poet, William Blake, expresses his ultimate objective.  Piping Down the Valleys Wild Summary

    The poem’s core idea is to emphasize Blake’s primary purpose behind writing and to make his poetry accessible to all children. In this poem, the poet, William Blake, expresses his ultimate objective.

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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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