• Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Examples- “lamps would shine, / Yellow as honey, red as wine”, beads “clustered thick as seeds”, “Her trembling lake like foamless seas”
• Repetition- It is the repetition of a word or a phrase in the poem for poetic effect. Example- “If I were Lord of Tartary”
• Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. The poet uses imagery to describe the beauty of Tartary and his experience as its ruler.
• Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “Myself and me”, “mandoline, / Made music”, “zebras seven should”, “Through Tartary’s”
• Inversion– It is a change in the expected word order. Examples- “Of beaten gold my throne”, “And in my court should peacocks flaunt”, “And in my forests tigers haunt”, “And in my pools great fishes slant/ Their fins athwart the sun”, “Trumpeters every day/ To every meal would summon me”, “zebras seven”, “ere should wane the morning-star”

Tartary summary