Part-B 1. Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:

Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron –Onomatopoeia –Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words –Repetition – Apostrophe

A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.

1. Alliteration

The repetition of an initial consonant sound. 

Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

       2.  Anaphora

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. 

Example: Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day. 

3. Apostrophe

Directly addressing a nonexistent person or an inanimate object as though it were a living being. 

Example: "Oh, you stupid car, you never work when I need you to," Bert sighed

      4.   Assonance

Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. 

Example: How now, brown cow?

5.   Hyperbole

An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. 

Example: I have a ton of things to do when I get home.

      6.  Irony

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Also, a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. 

Example: "Oh, I love spending big bucks," said my dad, a notorious penny pincher.

7.  Metaphor

An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common. 

Example: The tornado loomed like Godzilla in the distance.

8. Onomatopoeia

The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. 

Example: The clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog.

       9. Oxymoron

A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. 

Example: I am as graceful as a bull in a china shop when I dance.

10. Personification

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities. 

Example: That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don't handle it safely.

11.  Simile

A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. 

Example:Roberto was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie.

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