Question

1. what is the figure of speech used
in the poem the grasshopper and the cricket ? Explain it with an
example.
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Answer 1

Answer:

The theme of this poem is that nature is beautiful and is always happy and interesting. When he says "The Crickets song, in warmth increasing ever, and seems to one in drowsiness half lost, the Grasshopper's among some grassy hills" he's saying that the grasshopper sings in the summer heat while the cricket sings in the winter, and it reminds us of the warmth of the summer sun.

Another important line in the poem is "The poetry of earth is ceasing never" because Keats is, again, saying that there is always beauty on earth. This line is literally saying that the elegance of earth will never stop because there is poetry in everything.

"New-mown mead"-Alliteration. This line is basically describing the smell of new cut grass and how it's amazing.

"The poetry of earth is never dead"-Metaphor. This line is saying how Earth will continue to be beautiful and poetic in it's own way.

"The Crickets song, in warmth increasing ever"-Metaphor. This line is saying that the cricket's song will remind you of summer and it's warmth during the winter when it's cold.

"A voice will run"-Personification. This line is saying that the Grasshopper's voice is powerful and can be heard from far away. It's also saying how it reminds you of the summer because it's so familiar.

"...with hot sun, and hide in cooling trees"-Imagery. This line puts us the picture of the birds cooling off in the trees and makes us feel the hot sun on our skin.

Answer 2

Alliteration

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Enjambment

Inversion

Personification

Figures of speech are an essential component of any language. It is used only in written and spoken literature. The phrase has a different literal meaning than it does in the context.

Figures of speech come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Alliteration:

A series of words will have the same consonant sound at the beginning of the sentence.

"Hedge to hedge."

Metaphor:

It compares two different items that share a characteristic.

The poet compared the earth's poetry and the grasshopper singing. He also compared the cricket and grasshopper singing.

Oxymoron

It is a figure of speech that combines two opposing words. It is a term used in conversation to describe a group of contradictory words.

"Pleasant weed."

Enjambment

Lines that terminate without punctuation and without finishing a sentence or clause are referred to as enjambment in poetry.

The line starts with "When the frost...."

Anastrophe:

It is a sort of grammatical inversion in which the pattern of a sentence is reversed for dramatic effect.

"Poetry of earth is ceasing never."

Personification:

It imbues inanimate or abstract objects with human traits.

"The frost has wrought a silence."

Frost is personified as a living thing.