2. POET-Robert Lee Frost
Wroted Dust of snow and Fire and Ice
Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco,
California. He was a noted and critically respected American Poet
of 20th Century. The majority of his work had been published in
England as well as America. He is still known for his realistic
depictions of rural life and his command over colloquial speech. In
the early twentieth century, most of his work revolved around rural
life in New England which he used to examine complex social and
philosophical themes.Robert Frost received his first Pulitzer Prize
in 1924 for “New Hampshire”, followed by in 1931 for Collected
Poems, in 1937 for “A Further Range” and in 1943 for “A Witness
Tree”. In 1960, he received the United States Congressional Gold
Medal for "In recognition of his poetry” which enabled the culture
of the United States and the philosophy of the world .At the End He
became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an
artistic institution. On 29th January, 1963, he died in Boston, of
complications from prostate surgery. He was buried at the Old
Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.
3. Fire and Ice
Short summary:-
Fire and Ice is a short poem written by Robert Frost. The
poem expresses the idea that the world will end
someday, either by Fire or by Ice. Here, the poet has
compared Fire and Ice with the self-destructing
emotions of human beings. The fire and ice poem
beautifully describes how humans let their emotions
rule over them. They have no control over their desires.
They work towards achieving their desires, but the
more they work, the more they get trapped in them.
Thus, they never feel satisfied and destroy their life. In
a similar way, the poet thinks that fire and ice will lead
to the destruction of the world.
4. Poetic Devices:-
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an
object or action to which it is not literally applicable. e.g. fire here depicts
desire and greed and ice depicts hatred and coldness in relations.
Symbolism: The poem Fire and Ice is symbolic as it does not talk about the
scientific assumptions but rather psychological reasons which would lead to
the destruction of the world. Here, fire means greed which makes a man
inhuman. On the other hand, ice means hatred which makes a person enemy of
the other.
Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning
of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “some say”, “favour fire”.
Assonance: It is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. “hold with
those who favor fire”,
Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the
end of a line, couplet, or stanza. e.g. “Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
“Anaphora: It is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of
successive clauses. e.g. “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.”
5. Dust of Snow
Short Summary:-
Dust of Snow is a short and beautiful poem written by
Robert Frost. It is a motivating poem that tells us how
our view of perceiving things changes our minds and
puts a greater impact on our lives. By enjoying the
simple moments of life, we can get rid of our day-to-
day problems and worries. This also helps us in living a
happy and healthy life.In the Dust of Snow poem, the
poet has mentioned a crow, snow and a hemlock tree.
The crow, dust of snow and the hemlock tree describe
the depressive and sorrowful mood of the poet. Since
the poet was not in a good mood, he sees nature in the
same way and describes nature’s bitter side to express
his feelings.
6. Poetic Devices:-
Rhyme Scheme: abab
Imagery: Frost uses simple imagery like a crow scattering snow
from hemlock tree, and 'dust of snow' falling on the poet to
depict the positive effect of nature on the poet.
Alliteration: Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound
that is used in the beginning of the closely placed
words.Has given my heart•And saved some part
Symbolism: Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas by
giving them symbolic meaning that is different from their
literal meaning.The 'crow' and 'hemlock tree'. The poet has
used these as a symbol to show the emotions like
dejection, gloom and depression. Also, he has used these as
symbols to show that these'inauspicious' things of nature
can also change a person's mood and mind.
7. Inversion: When the structure of a sentence is changed by the poet to
create rhyme, the poetic license is called inversion. In stanza 1, the
poetic device 'inversion' is used.
Enjambment: In enjambment, the same sentence continues to the next
line without the use of any punctuation marks.This poem is very good
example of this poetic device. It has been used throughout the poem. The
lines oof stanzas flow to next line without any punctuations.
Metaphor: This poetic device is used. when a covert comparison is made
between two different things or ideas. In this poem, the poet uses the
device of metaphor in the 3rd line of the 1st stanza, when he compares
the mass of snowflakes atop the hemlock tree with dust.
8. POET:-George Leslie Norris
George Leslie Norris( 21 May 1921 – 6 April 2006), was a prize-
winning Welsh minstrel and short story pen.Up to 1974, he earned
his living as a council speaker, school teacher and headmaster.From
1974, he combined full-time jotting with occupancies at academic
institutions in Britain and the United States .Today he's considered
one of the most important Welsh pens of the post-war period.His
collections of stories, including Collected Stories, and runes,
including Collected runes which have won numerous prizes, among
them the Cholmondeley Poetry Prize, the David Higham Memorial
Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, the AML Award for
poetry( in 1996) and the Welsh trades Council Senior Fiction
Award.Leslie had a cheerful nonage.When he was nineteen times
old, He joined the Royal Air Force during the Second World
War.Leslie originally trained as an airman but he was injured when
he collided with another aeroplane on the ground while rehearsing
levees. After his recovery, he spent the remainder of his time in
the Air Force playing football in the Air Force platoon.
9. A Tiger in the Zoo
Short summary:-
The poem explains the situation of a Tiger in the Zoo. The
poet narrates a tiger’s erstwhile life in the jungle when he
has been a free animal and now when he is caged in the
zoo. The poem begins by describing the physical features of
the tiger, which is kept in a little cage. The poet then goes
on to describe how a tiger’s life would have been, if he was
in the jungle. In the end, the poet once again explains the
situation of the tiger in the cage. The poet says that cage
life has changed the personality of the tiger. He further
elaborates that the tiger was a powerful and brave animal
in the jungle and villagers were terrified by his power.
However, now the tiger has been confined in the cage and
has turned into a helpless and powerless animal.
10. Poetic Devices:-
Rhyme scheme: abcb (cage-rage)
Personification: The tiger is personified because the poet
refers him as ‘he’.
Metaphor: Tiger’s paws are compared with velvet (pads of
velvet)
Enjambment: Sentence is continuing to next line without any
punctuation mark.
Imagery: poet tries to create an image about the tiger (He
stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage)
Consonance: use of ‘s’ sound (stalks, his, stripes)
Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘I’ (in his vivid stripes)
Oxymoron: use of adjectives opposite in meaning (quiet rage)
11. POET:-John Berryman
John Berryman was named John Smith in McAlester, Oklahoma, on
October 25, 1914. He got a college degree from Columbia College
in 1936 and went to Cambridge University on cooperation. He was
educated at Wayne State University in Detroit and proceeded to
possess posts at Harvard and Princeton. From 1955 until his passing
in 1972, he was a teacher at the University of Minnesota.His initial
work was distributed in a volume named 'Five Young American
Poets' in 1940 and mirrors the impacts of the Irish and British
artists. It was only after the publication of Homage to Mistress
Bradstreet in 1956, when he was in his forties, that he won
boundless acknowledgment and recognition as a strong unique, and
imaginative writer.By the by, nobody was ready for the
development that would follow, an assortment that would seal
Berryman's standing as a fundamental American unique: 77 Dream
Songs, which was distributed in 1964 and granted a Pulitzer
Prize.John Berryman was chosen a Fellow of the Academy of
American Poets in 1966 and filled in as a Chancellor from 1968 until
his passing.
12. The Ball Poem
Short Summary:-
The Ball Poem summary is for students of class 10 English.
Its poet John Berryman is beautifully describing a boy who
has lost his ball. He gave a lesson that is full of wisdom
through the loss of everyone, must learn to bear the pain
associated with loss. The poet assumes a boy who is
playing with a ball. Once the ball bounces out of his control
and consequently falls into the water. The boy became sad.
The poet feels that no other ball will be sufficient to lessen
his sadness. Here, the lost ball stands for the general loss
of a human being.The losses may be the loss of personal
possession or the death of some near and dear one or due
to the separation from the beloved one. As long as there is
life, everyone has to bear many types of losses. Therefore
we need to learn the way for bearing those losses.
13. Poetic Device:-
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
.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.
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.
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?”.
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”.
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”
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.
14. POET:-Carolyn Wells
Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and
Anna Wells. She died at the Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York
City in 1942.Wells had been married to Hadwin Houghton, the heir of
the Houghton-Mifflin publishing empire founded by Bernard Houghton.
Wells also had an impressive collection of volumes of poetry by others.
She bequeathed her collection of Walt Whitman poetry, said to be one
of the most important of its kind for its completeness and rarity, to the
Library of Congress.After finishing school she worked as a librarian for
the Rahway Library Association. Her first book, At the Sign of the Sphinx
(1896), was a collection of charades. Her next publications were The
Jingle Book and The Story of Betty (1899), followed by a book of verse
entitled Idle Idyls (1900). After 1900, Wells wrote numerous novels and
collections of poetry.Carolyn Wells wrote a total of more than 170
books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on
poetry, humor, and children's books. According to her autobiography, The
Rest of My Life (1937), she heard That Affair Next Door (1897), one of
Anna Katharine Green's mystery novels, being read aloud and was
immediately captivated by the unraveling of the puzzle. From that point
onward she devoted herself to the mystery
15. How to Tell Wild Animals
Short Summary:-
This article is about how to tell wild animals summary from
class 10 English. Its poetess is Carolyn Wells. The poetess
described the wildlife vividly and in a very lively manner. If
anyone gets a chance to go into the forest in Asia and if a
huge terrible animal comes in front of, then we must know
about them for their identification. If the wild animal is
having black stripes on yellow hide then it is Bengal tiger.
Hence, if the animal whose hide is covered with spots,
jumps at us and starts eating then it is a leopard.Also, if we
are meeting the animal who hug us tightly then certainly it
is a bear. A beginner can differentiate between crocodiles
and hyena by knowing the facts. Hyena always smiles
whereas tears are there in crocodile’s eyes. If there is
nothing on the tree then there is a Chameleon.
16. Poetic Device:-
Personification: It is the attribution of a personal nature or
human characteristics to something non-human (animal,
plant or non-living thing). In the poem, the poet uses
personification. e.g. she describes the lion, the leopard and
the bear by the pronoun he which is used for humans. In
addition, a bear does not hug its prey but crushes to death.
This is again an example of personification.
Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or
sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
words. In the poem the poet uses alliteration. e.g. “you as
you’re dying”, “whose hide”, “when you’re walking”,
“round your yard” etc.
Enjambment: it is the continuation of a sentence without a
pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. In the
poem, poet uses enjambment. e.g. “if ever you should go
by chance to jungles in the East”.
17. POET:-Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an iconic American poet and
journalist who has often been compared to Walt
Whitman in terms of his use of free verse and
admiration of the working class. Sandburg won three
Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime: two for his poetry and a
third for his definitive two-volume biography of
Abraham Lincoln. Sandburg's many different jobs and
life experiences have made him a quintessential
American writer.
18. FOG
Short Summry:-
Fog Summary is the summary of a poem that reflects Carl
Sandburg’s interest in nature. It beautifully captures the
moment when the fog comes and moves. He presents a
powerful image of life through a metaphorical cat. Its
meaning is centred on the fog in the Chicago city. The poet
compares the fog with the cat because the cat also comes
with soft paws and without giving any sign of its arrival.
The same is the case with fog, as it approaches exactly in a
similar way.The poet is saying about the fog which is
generally seen during the winter season and it is coming
towards the city and the harbour just like a cat. The next
poet says that the fog has covered the city and harbour
completely and it appears as a cat is sitting by folding its
legs and looking around. Poet also described the silent and
unpredictable departure of the fog.
19. Poetic Device:-
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or
phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is
not literally applicable. In the poem fog and the
movements of fog are compared with cat.
Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence
without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or
stanza. In the poem, we find sentence continuing to
next lines.
20. Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, US on May 31, 1819.
He was the second child in a family of eleven. His parents were Walter
Whitman, a housebuilder, and Louisa Van Velsor. Whitman grew up in the
Brooklyn district of New York and Long Island. At the age of twelve,
Whitman began learning to work as a printer. It was around this time
that he discovered a great passion for literature. Largely self-taught, he
read voraciously, including works by the great classic writers – Homer,
Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible. After a devastating fire in the
printing district of New York, Whitman was left without a job, But, in
1836, at the age of 17, he began his career as a teacher in the one-room
school houses of Long Island. He continued to teach until 1841 when he
turned to journalism as a full-time career. He founded a weekly
newspaper, Long-Islander, and later edited a number of Brooklyn and
New York papers. In 1848, Whitman left the Brooklyn Daily Eagle to
become editor of the New Orleans Crescent. In New Orleans, he became
witness to the practice of slavery in the city and was repulsed by what
he saw. Whitman opposed the extension of slavery, though did not
always support the abolitionists, over concerns about their commitment
to democracy. He closely followed politics throughout his life.
21. Animals
In this poem, Walt Whitman has beautifully brought out
the contrast between animals and human beings. Animals
are generally simple in nature whereas human beings are
generally greedy, selfish and very complicated. He is very
happy with the easy going nature of animals and he wants
to follow them.The poet Walt Whitman is desirous to live
among the animals as he thinks that they are self
contented and serene. They are wise and this is the reason
why they never bewail of their lot and condition. They do
not weep for their sins and they have no care to worship
even God. They are always satisfied and do not need to
possess things. They respect none including their ancestors
and they remain indifferent in their pleasure and pain. For
this reason, the poet wishes to learn from animals. They do
not have any kind of falsehood. They are free from all
types of trivial anxieties, so they are still living their
natural life.
22. Poetic Device:-
Rhyme Scheme: There is no rhyme as the poem is written in free
verse.
Anaphora - Use of repeated words at the beginning of two or more
consecutive lines⚫ 'They do not' - Second Stanza⚫ 'Not one' - Third
Stanza
Personification: The poem has uniform personification
Repetition: Repetition of words/phrases in the same line⚫ I stand
and look at them long and long
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in the same
line.⚫ They do not make me sick⚫ I wonder where they get those
tokens⚫ I stand and look at them long and long.
AssonanceUse of vowel sound T (I think I... live with animals)
Metaphor'Sweat and whine' - refer to the cries and complaints of
human beings. ⚫ 'tokens' - The inner qualities of humans are
referred to as 'tokens'
23. Robin Klein
Robin Mc Maugh Klein is an Australian author of books
for children. She was born on 28th February 1936 in
New South Wales and now resides near Melbourne. She
had her first short story published at the age of sixteen.
Several of her books have been listed for CBCA
Children’s Book of the Year Award. Hating Alison
Ashley”Halfway Across the Galaxy’, ‘turn left’ and ‘Boss
of the Pool ‘are some of her famous writings.
24. Amanda!
The poem Amanda is about a small child whose parents
are forever nagging her about what to do and what not
to do. This frequent interference makes her very
unhappy. It seems as if she is not free to do anything
that she wants to do. She wants freedom from all
restrictions. She dreams to lead a life of a mermaid in a
Languid, emerald sea with her being the only inhabitant
there. She feels that an orphan has more freedom than
her. She also wished to lead a calm and quiet life in a
tower like that of Rapunzel with nobody to disturb her.
25. Poetic Device:-
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is
applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
In the poem, Amanda imagines herself as mermaid and Rapunzel.
Repetition: It is a literary device in which a word or phrase is
repeated two or more times. In the poem, words like Amanda,
Don’t etc are repeated again and again for poetic effect.
Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “Stop that
slouching and sit up straight”, “Did you tidy your room” etc.
Allusion: It is a literary device in which the writer or speaker refers
either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history
or to a work of art or literature. In the poem, Amanda imagines
herself to be mythological characters like mermaid and Rapunzel.
26. POET:-William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and nationalist.
He was born in Dublin. His ideas and works were
influenced by the religious and national turmoil in
Ireland. He loved the Irish folklore. He embraced
metaphysical philosophy. Folklore and mysticism
dominated his thoughts and poetry. He won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1923.
27. For Anne Gregory
Short summary:-
In this poem, a young man discusses why a person falls in love,
that is what determines it. According to them a person is not loved
for his basic nature but because of his/her physical feature, i.e.,
outward physical appearance. It is not possible to love one for
oneself. Only God can do so. The poem ‘For Anne Gregory’ by W.B.
Yeats is a poem of 18 lines in all. In this poem, the poet addresses
to young Gregory and tells her that her hair is of the same colour as
honey and when it falls, the poet begins to think her beauty spell
bound. Her hair is so beautiful that every man falls in love with
her. At this Gregory gives response to the poet that man love her
only for her outward beauty while this outward appearance may be
changed at any time. At this, the poet concludes that it is a truth
since time immemorial that man can not easily judge a woman
other than her looks. He tells Anne that she can never be ugly
inward or outward even if she wishes to be so.
28. Poetic Device:-
Metaphor: honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear (Anne’s
hair is compared to the ramparts of a fort)
Alliteration: repetition of consonant ‘s’ sound at the
start of two consecutive words. (Set Such)
Anaphora: Repeated use of a word at the beginning of
two lines (That he….That only god)
Alliteration: he had, your yellow
Rhyme Scheme: abcbdb
29. POET:-Aderienne Rich
Adrienne Rich was an American poet, essayist and
feminist. She was born on 16 May 1929 and died at the
age of 82 on 27 March 2012. ‘Of Woman Born’ On Lies,
Secrets & Silence and ‘When We Dead Awaken’, are
some of her famous works. In 1971, she was awarded
the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of
30. The Tree
Short summary:-
Adrienne Rich’s poem ‘The Trees’ is a voice with a body
engaged in activities and sensing intrusions that are not
organic to the conventions of a nature poem. This poem
narrates the struggle of a population of trees to escape
the confines of a green house or container of nature.
The poet tells us that how trees want to break out of
the bondage of man-made things and reunite with their
natural surroundings. The message is that the forests
have disappeared. So people have planted trees in their
homes. Trees are revolting as they have lost their
natural usefulness. No bird’s nest in them, nor do they
spread their shadows to tired people.
31. Poetic Device :-
Personification: Sun bury it’s feet. Sun has been personified.
Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (the forest
that was…… trees by morning).
Anaphora: 2 lines begin with ‘no’imagery: “The trees inside are moving
out into the forest” – shows kinestatic imagery
Enjambment: continuation of sentence to the next line (the leaves
strain……. Half dazed)
Simile: trees compared to patients (like newly discharged patients)
personification: twigs and boughs have been personified.
Alliteration: ‘long letters’ forest from’ ‘sky still’ ‘leaves and lichen’
Enjambment: continuation of sentence to the next line (doors
open….the house)
Imagery: the poet has tried to create a scene in which she is observing
all the things happening (the night is fresh……into the rooms)
Simile: The moon is compared to a mirror (Moon is broken like a mirror)
32. POET:-Ogden Nash
Born: August 19, 1902Rye, New YorkDied: May 19,
1971Baltimore,MarylandAmerican poet and writerOgden Nash was one of
the most commercially successful English-language poets of the
twentieth century.Early years and educationEarly years and
educationFrederick Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York, to Edmund
Strudwick Nash and Mattie Chenault on August 19, 1902. His father was
in the import-export business, but the Nash family's ancestry in North
Carolina stretched back to the American Revolutionary era; the city of
Nashville, Tennessee, was named in honor of an ancestor. Nash grew up
in various East Coast communities and also lived in Savannah, Georgia,
during his youth. He attended St. George's School in Newport, Rhode
Island, and he was accepted to Harvard but dropped out in 1921 after a
year.Nash held a variety of jobs but none for very long. He worked on
Wall Street as a bond salesperson, but sold only one bond—to his
godmother—and instead spent his afternoons in movie theaters. He was
a schoolteacher for a year at St. George's School, and from there he was
hired as an advertising copywriter for streetcar signs. In 1925 he was
hired in the marketing department of the Doubleday publishing house
and did well enough that he moved on to its editorial department as a
manuscript reader.
33. The Tale of Custard the
Dragon
Short summary:-
The story of Custard the Dragon is told in the form of a ballad. It’s
a lighthearted poem about a timid dragon named Custard. Custard
is a pet of Belinda, a little girl who lives with her pets in a small
white house. She had a cowardly dragon custard, a black kitten
named ink, a grey mouse named blink, yellow dog mustard, and a
black kitten named ink. According to the poet, they are all
exceedingly brave except for the dragon. Others have been
compared to animals such as bears, tigers, and lions, but the
dragon is extremely fearful. He is continuously looking for a secure
haven. All of the other characters mock him. However, they are
astonished one night when a pirate enters the house. They are all
terrified and begin to hide in various places. The dragon, however,
not only tackles him but also swallows him up, much to everyone’s
amazement. They thank him because the custard rescued them all.
However, they eventually understand that they used to make fun of
the dragon because he was shy. So they all start bragging about
how brave they are and how much better they could have handled
the situation. In this poem, the poet conveys the idea that in life’s
most difficult moments, a shy person can be a true hero.
34. Poetic Device:-
Repetition: use of the word ‘little
’oxymoron: use of two words with opposite meanings ‘ “pet dragon”Anaphora:
repeated use of word at the start of two consecutive lines. (And a little ….And a
realio)Refrain:
Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio,)poetic license: realio,
trulio for real, true. The spellings have been changed to create a musical effect
simile: dog compared to mustard “And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard”
Alliteration: “coward, and she called him Custard” – “c” sound
Anaphora: repeated use of word at the start of two consecutive lines (And the little
grey…And the little yellow)Repetition: use of word little
Simile: Dragon’s mouth is compared with fireplace (mouth like a fireplace)
Refrain: Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio,)
Metaphor: “chimney for a nose”. The nose is like a chimney.
Alliteration: Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears “b” sound is repeated
Simile: Belinda’s bravery is compared to that of a barrel full of bears (as a barrel full
of bears), Mustard’s bravery is compared to that of an angry tiger (Mustard was as
brave as a tiger in a rage)
Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘a’ (Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears)
Refrain: Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio,)
35. Poetic Device:-
Repetition: use of the word ‘tickled him’
Allusion: reference to any person or place (Percival)
Personification: Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival
Onomatopoeia: usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect
(giggled, weeck)
Repetition: Custard cried for a nice safe cage
Consonance: use of consonant sound ‘s’ (Suddenly, suddenly they heard a
nasty sound)
Onomatopoeia: usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect
(Mustard growled, Meowch, cried ink)
Poetic license: window is written as ‘winda’ to create rhyme.
Alliteration: beard was black “b”, he held his “h”
Imagery: An image is created about the appearance of the pirate.
transferred epithet: terrified yelp
Repetition: help help
Poetic license: use of the word mousehold to rhyme with household
36. Poetic Device:-
Simile: sound of dragon is compared with sound of engine (snorting like
an engine), Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, dragon’s attack on
pirate is compared to robin bird (like a robin at a worm)
Onomatopoeia: usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect
(clatter, clank, jangling)
Imagery: The attack by the dragon is expressed in a way to make an
image in our minds.
alliteration: gulped some grog “g”
Imagery: They have shown the reaction and actions made by the pirate
on seeing the dragon.
alliteration: glee did gyrate “g”
Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘o’ (no one mourned for), use of vowel
sound ‘I’ (ink and blink in glee did), use of vowel sound ‘a’ (that ate the
pirate)
Refrain: Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio)
Repetition: stanza has been repeated
Rhyme scheme: aabb
