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POETIC DIVICES
10
UNIT-1
BEAUTIFUL INSIDE
Poem Lines
Figure of
Rhyming
Rhyme
Speech
Words
Sceme
Appearance can be deceptive,
And to the superficial gaze
The outside looks dull and grey
Alliterration
gaze ways
Plain looking in many ways,
Yet, when a crack causes
(crack causes)
Water to seep slowly through,
(seep slowly)
c
a
through view
can split to reveal
b
c
A dazzling sight to view!
(split sight)
Piles of purple crystals
(piles purple)
Sparkling in the light,
Such wonderful inner beauty
Now apparent for our delight!

Have you noticed how some people,
May seem plain
(people plain )
b
(take time)
would we see?
Perhaps a beautiful heart
b
a
plain can be?
Yet, if we take time to peer deeper,

Then, what
light delight
c
be see
(What would we)
b
a
We never thought was there,
Where an
Is waiting its time to share?
there share b
Yes, a warm glowing inner beauty
(beauty before)
Will emerge before your eyes,
(emerge eyes)
A newly discovered
For you to cherish, and to prize!
- Paul Holmes
eyes prize
UNIT-2
PIANO
Poem Lines
Figure of
Speech
Softly in the dusk,
Rhyming
Rhyme
Words
Sceme
Alliterration
a women is singing to me;
(softly singing)
Taking me back down the
me see
(sitting strings)
vista of years, till l see
A child sitting under the piano,

in the
of the
strings
And pressing the small, poised feet
strings sings
(pressing poised)
of a mother who smiles as she sings.

Inspite of myself, the insidious
b
b
(small smiles)
(she sings)
mastery of song
(myself mastery)
song belong
Betrays me back, till the heart

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

with winter outside
(oldoutside)
a
outside guide
(parlourpiano)
And hymns in the cosy parlour,

the
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
Of childish days is upon me,
(me manhood)
my manhood is cast
Down in the
I
cast past
,
for the past.
- D.H.Lawrence
UNIT-3
MANLINESS
Poem Lines
Figure of
Speech
Rhyming
Rhyme
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
If you can think and not make
(master make)
thoughts your aim;
(think thoughts)
a
b
If you can meet with

a
And treat t
just the same;

If you can force your heart,
and nerve, and sinew
To serve your turn long
after they are gone;
And so hold on when there
is nothing in you
Except the will which
says to them, Hold on.
If you can fill the
With sixty seconds worth of
distance run,
Your is the eath and
everything thats in it,
And what is more, youll be
a man, my son.
(treat those - two)
b
sinew you
Assanance
(after are)
a
b
gone hold on
a
b
minute in it
run sun
(sixty seconds)
Assanance
(earth everything)
(more man - my)
- Rudyard Kipling
UNIT-4
GOING FOR WATER

Poem Lines
Figure of
Rhyming
Rhyme
Speech
Words
Sceme
The well was dry beside the door,
Alliteration
And so we went with pail and can
(dry door)
Across the fields behind the house
(we went)
To seek the brook if still it ran;
(seek still)
can ran
Not loth to have excuse to go,
Because the autumn eve was fair
fair there
(Though chill), because the fields were ours,
And by the brook our woods were there.
We ran as if
meet the moon
That slowly dawned behind the trees,
(meet moon)
The barren boughs without the leaves,
(barren boughs)
Without the birds, without the breeze.
(birds breeze)
But once within the wood, we paused
(within wood - we)
that hid us from the moon,

Ready to run to hiding new
With laughter when s
trees leaves breeze
moon-soon
(she soon)
b
c
found us soon.
Each laid on other a staying hand
Assanance
To listen ere we dared to look,
(listen look)
And in the hush we joined to make
(heard heard)
We heard, we knew we heard the brook.
(we we - we)
look brook
Anote as from a single place,

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

, and now a
-Robert Frost
b
c
b
UNIT-5
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN

Poem Lines
Figure of
Rhyming
Rhyme
Speech
Words
Sceme
For oh, say the children, we are weary,
Alliteration
And we cannot run or leap.
(we weary)
wearly merely
If we cared for any meadows, it were merely
(meadows merely)
leap sleep
To drop down in them and sleep.
Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping---
(sorely stooping)
We fall upon our faces, trying to go;
(fall faces)
stooping drooping
And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping,

The reddest flower would look
a
go snow
For, all day, we drag our burden tiring,
Through the
, underground----
Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron
(we wheels)
In the factories, round and round.
(round round)
For, all day, the wheels are
, turning,---
c
underground round
turning burning
Their wind comes in our faces,---
Till our hearts turn,--- our head, with pulses burning, (hearts head)
faces places
And the walls turn in their places---
(long light)
Turns the sky in the high window blank and
---
reelingceiling
Turns the long light that droppeth down the wall---
Anaphora
wall all
Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling---
(crawl ceiling)
All are turning, all the day, and we with all,---
(dropppeth down)
And, all day the the iron wheels are droning;
And sometimes we could pray,
(breaking out ina mad moaning)

! Be silent for to-day!
- Elezabeth
Barret Browning
droning moaning
pray day
UNIT-6
MIGRANT BIRD
Poem Lines
Figure of
Rhyming
Speech
The globes my world. The
Words
kin begin din
Rhyme
Sceme
I care not were the skies begin;
Alliteration
I spread my wings through all the din;
(fears,fright,
Through fears and flight i fly my flight.
fly,flight)
No walls for me, no
gaes states
No flags, no machine guns that blast
Citizens of those border states-
Brothers of her brothers sons.
No maps, no boundaries to block
(boundaries block)
My sojourn into unknown lands.
(spawn, splash, spills)
I spawn and s
in distant spills,
I breed my brood wherer i will.
c
(breed brood)
I wont look down. No i will not.
With speed of wings l hasten past
And close my eyes against the sun
(dream dreams)
To dream my dreams and make them last
(my make)
- Famida Y.Baheer
c
past last
UNIT-7
SHILPI
Poem Lines
Figure of
Speech
Steady throb
Then staccato rhythm
to oblivious ears
The tempo is fickleNow synchronized, now not,
m
m
Now sure, now steeped in thought.
Bleary eyes,
Sinews taut yet steady.
Decades of practice
Heirlooms of rich traditions
In stark evidence
The knocking softens, fades,
To a mild judicious tap.
takes form
Rugged lines melt,
Sharp edges merge
Into smooth well moulded curves
He steps back, surveys with
Close scrutiny, then sharp critical glare
The days of toil,
Hammer and chisel laid asideOnly bloodshot eyes betray
Deep pride, then reverence,
Lo!
Alliteration
(mirror moods)
(sinew steady)
(merge moulded)
(steps surveys)
(scrutiny sharp)
(close critical)
(bloodshot betray)

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ENGLISH

Appearance can be deceptive,

And to the superficial gaze

The outside looks dull and grey

Plain looking in many ways,

Yet, when a crack causes

Water to seep slowly through,

can split to reveal

A dazzling sight to view!

Piles of purple crystals

Sparkling in the light,

Such wonderful inner beauty

Now apparent for our delight!

Perhaps a beautiful heart

plain can be?

Yet, if we take time to peer deeper,

(What would we)

We never thought was there,

Is waiting its time to share?

Yes, a warm glowing inner beauty

Will emerge before your eyes,

For you to cherish, and to prize!

Softly in the dusk,

a women is singing to me;

Taking me back down the

vista of years, till l see

A child sitting under the piano,

And pressing the small, poised feet

of a mother who smiles as she sings.

Betrays me back, till the heart

(betrays belong - back)

To the old Sunday evenings at home,

And hymns in the cosy parlour,

So now it is vain for the singer

With the great black piano

appassionato. The glamour

Of childish days is upon me,

(An extract from poem if)

If you can meet with

just the same;

(treat those - two)

(more man - my)

GOING FOR WATER

The well was dry beside the door,

And so we went with pail and can

Across the fields behind the house

To seek the brook if still it ran;

Not loth to have excuse to go,

Because the autumn eve was fair

(Though chill), because the fields were ours,

And by the brook our woods were there.

meet the moon

That slowly dawned behind the trees,

The barren boughs without the leaves,

Without the birds, without the breeze.

But once within the wood, we paused

(within wood - we)

that hid us from the moon,

trees leaves breeze