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In: CBSE, Poetry

What are the literary devices used in The Ball Poem?

What are the literary devices used in The Ball Poem?
CBSE 10thJohn BerrymanThe Ball Poem
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    1. Poonam Sharma

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      2020-04-18T11:36:10+05:30Added an answer on April 18, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Following literary devices have been used in the poem The Ball Poem:

      1. Personification: Personification is a finger of speech which shows attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human. In the poem, the poet describes ball merrily bouncing down the street. Merry means happy. It is a human characteristic which is given to the ball.
      2. Metaphor: It is a literary device in which a word or phrase is symbolically applied to a thing to which it is not literally applicable. In the poem, poet says, “balls will be lost always“. Balls here symbolise possessions which we lose. It also refers to the childhood which if lost never comes back.
      3. Apostrophe: It is a literary device in which a person is addressed who is either dead or physically not present. In the poem, the poet says, “balls will be lost aways, little boy“. The boy is physically not present with the poet.
      4. Repetition: It is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times. In the poem the poet repeats the word “what” two lines. “what, what is he to do?”.
      5. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “who has lost his ball”, “what, what is he to do?”, “no one buys a ball back”, “the deep and dark floor of harbour”, “move my mind and my heart move with all that move me”.
      6. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. e.g. “I saw it go merrily, down the street”
      7. Symbolism: It is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In the poem, ball and balls represent childhood, possessions and even the father of poet.

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      • PRASHANT SINGH

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        2020-07-27T10:08:59+05:30Replied to answer on July 27, 2020 at 10:08 am

        You should add Anaphora , as first two lines are starting with What,What and ,third and four line as Merrily , Merrily

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        • G Premanjali

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          G Premanjali
          2020-08-21T17:49:23+05:30Replied to answer on August 21, 2020 at 5:49 pm

          Yes

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      • Lahari Makkena

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        2020-08-03T11:25:23+05:30Replied to answer on August 3, 2020 at 11:25 am

        Super answer

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        2020-08-28T17:13:15+05:30Replied to answer on August 28, 2020 at 5:13 pm

        You should also add ASSONANCE.
        ASSONANCE is a literary device used when a vowel sound is repeated in two or three consecutive or closely connected words in the same line.
        boy, now ,who,lost (o sound)

        And thank U

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        2020-09-02T09:45:06+05:30Replied to answer on September 2, 2020 at 9:45 am

        Awesome answer with nice explanation, thank you for the help..

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