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POETIC DIVICES

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UNIT-1

BEAUTIFUL INSIDE

Poem Lines Figure of Rhyming Rhyme Speech Words Sceme

Appearance can be deceptive, a

And to the superficial gaze b

The outside looks dull and grey Alliterration gaze – ways c

Plain looking in many ways, b

Yet, when a crack causes (crack – causes) a Water to seepslowly through, (seep – slowly) through – view b

A can split to reveal c

A dazzling sight to view! (split – sight) b

Piles of purple crystals (piles – purple) a

Sparkling in the light, b

Such wonderful inner beauty c

Now apparent for our delight! light – delight b Have you noticed how some people, (people – plain ) a

May seem plain plain can be? b

Yet, if we taketime to peer deeper, (take – time) c Then, what would we see? be – see b Perhaps a beautiful heart (What – would – we) a

We never thought was there, b

Where an c

Is waiting its time to share? there – share b

Yes, a warm glowing inner beauty (beauty – before) a Will emerge before your eyes, (emerge – eyes) b

A newly discovered c

For you to cherish, and to prize! eyes – prize b

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UNIT-2

PIANO

Softly in the dusk, Alliterration

a women is singing to me; (softly – singing) me – see a Taking me back down the (sitting – strings)

vista of years, till l see a

A child sitting under the piano,

in the of the strings strings – sings b And pressing the small, poised feet (pressing – poised) b

of a mother who smiles as she sings. (small – smiles) Inspite of myself, the insidious (she – sings)

mastery of song (myself – mastery) song – belong a

Betrays me back, till the heart

of me weeos to belong (betrays– belong - back) a To the old Sunday evenings at home, (old–outside) outside – guide

with winter outside (parlour–piano) b And hymns in the cosy parlour,

the b

So now it is vain for the singer

to burst into clamour clamour – glamour a With the great black piano (great– glamour)

appassionato. The glamour a

Of childish days is upon me, (me – manhood)

my manhood is cast cast – past b Down in the ,

I for the past. b

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UNIT-3

MANLINESS

Poem Lines Figure of Rhyming Rhyme Speech Words Sceme Scheme

(An extract from poem ‘if’)

If

you can dream and not

Anaohora – if repeated first 3 lines

make dreams your master;

Alliteration

master – disaster a

If

you can think and not make

(master – make)

thoughts your aim;

(think – thoughts) b

If

you can meet with

a

And treat t

t

just the same;

(treat – those - two) b

If you can force your heart,

and nerve, and sinew

sinew – you a

To serve your turn long

after

they

are

gone;

Assanance

b

And so hold on when there

(after – are)

gone – hold on

is nothing in you

a

Except the will which

says to them, “Hold on”.

b

If you can fill the

minute – in it a

With sixty seconds’ worth of

(sixty –seconds)

distance run,

run – sun b

Your is the

eath

and

Assanance

everything

that’s in it,

(earth –everything)

a

And what is more, you’ll be

(more – man - my)

a man, my son.

b

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UNIT-4

GOING FOR WATER

The well was dry beside the door, Alliteration a And so we went with pail and can (dry – door) can –ran b Across the fields behind the house (we – went) c To seek the brook if still it ran; (seek – still) b

Not loth to have excuse to go, a

Because the autumn eve was fair fair – there b (Though chill), because the fields were ours, c And by the brook our woods were there. b

We ran as if meet the moon a

That slowly dawned behind the trees, (meet – moon) trees – leaves – breeze b The barren boughs without the leaves, (barren – boughs) b Without the birds, without the breeze. (birds – breeze) b But once within the wood, we paused (within – wood - we) a that hid us from the moon, moon-soon b Ready to run to hiding new (she – soon) c With laughter when s found us soon. b

Each laid

_{on other}

a staying hand

_Assanance

a To listen ere we dared to look, (listen – look) look – brook b And in the hush we joined to make (heard – heard) c

We heard, we knew we heard the brook. (we – we - we) b

Anote as from a single place, a

A slender fall that made made – blade b Now drops that floated in the pool c

, and now a . b

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UNIT-5

THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN

“For oh,” say the children,”

we

are

weary, Alliteration a

And we cannot run or leap.

(we – weary) wearly – merely b

If we cared for any

meadows

, it were

merely (meadows – merely) leap – sleep c

To drop down in them and sleep.

b

Our knees tremble

sorely

in the

stooping--- (sorely– stooping) stooping – drooping a

We

fall

upon our

faces

, trying to go

; (fall – faces) b

And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping,

a

The reddest flower would look

. go – snow b

For, all day, we drag our burden tiring,

a

Through the

,

underground----

b

Or, all day

, we

drive the

wheels

of iron

(we – wheels) c

In the factories,

round

and

round. (round – round) underground – round b

For, all day, the wheels are

, turning,---

turning – burning a

Their wind comes in our faces,---

b

Till our

hearts

turn,--- our

head,

with pulses burning,

(hearts – head) faces – places a

And the walls turn in their places---

(long – light) b

Turns

the sky in the high window blank and

--- reeling–ceiling a

Turns

the

long light that droppeth down

the wall---

Anaphora wall –all b

Turn the black flies that

crawl

along the

ceiling--- (crawl – ceiling) a

All are turning, all the day, and we with all,---

(dropppeth – down) b

And, all day the the iron wheels are droning;

a

And sometimes we could pray,

b

‘ ’

(breaking out ina mad moaning)

droning – moaning a

! B

e silent for to-day!

pray – day b

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UNIT-6

MIGRANT BIRD

The globe’s my world. The kin – begin – din a I care not were the skies begin; Alliteration a I spread my wings through all the din; (fears,fright, a Through fears and flight i fly my flight. fly,flight) b No walls for me, no , gaes – states a No flags, no machine guns that blast b Citizens of those border states- a Brothers of her brother’s sons. c No maps, no boundaries to block (boundaries – block) a My sojourn into unknown lands. (spawn, splash, spills) b I spawn and s in distant spills, c I breed my brood where’r i will. (breed– brood) d I won’t look down. No i will not. a With speed of wings l hasten past b And close my eyes against the sun (dream –dreams) c To dreammydreams and make them last (my – make) past – last b