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What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem The White Man's?

What Are The Poetic Devices Of The Poem The White Man's?
English PoetryJoseph Rudyard KiplingThe White Man's Poem

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    2. MANSI VERMA
      1. Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /a/ in “Take up the White Man’s burden” and the sound of /o/ in “Go send your sons to exile.”

      2. Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line in quick succession, such as the sound of /h/ in “heavy harness” and /f/ in “fill full” and again /s/ in “silent sullen.”

      3. Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line, such as the sound of /t/ in “Ye dare not stoop to less” and the sound of /s/ in “The silent sullen peoples.”

      4. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. Rudyard Kipling used imagery in this poem, such as “The silent sullen peoples”, “Take up the White Man’s burden” and “The roads ye shall not tread.”

      5. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between different objects. The poet used some abstract ideas such as freedom, weariness, and praise as having some feelings and physical presence, showing them metaphors.
      6. Personification: It means to use abstract ideas as if they have emotions and life of their own such as freedom, weariness, and praise, as used as personifications in the poem.

      7. Rhetorical Question: It means to use questions not to get answers but to stress the main idea, theme, or point. The poet has used rhetorical questions, such as “Why brought ye us from bondage / “Our loved Egyptian night?”

      8. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal meanings. The poem shows symbols such as wild, famine, sickness, profit, and gain to show the superiority of Western civilization.

       

       

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