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What are the figure of speeches in the poem wind by S. Bharti?
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The Poet Subramania Bharathi uses the power of ANAPHORA in his poem “Wind”. This figure of speech, Anaphora, brings the effect of a loud speech in the poem, generally used by poets to express their loud speech (Shouts) in poetry.
This poem “Wind” is written by the great poet Subramania Bharathi, compares the wind with the adversities of life.
The whole essence of this poem is that, the weak people breakdown easily during adversities of life. The strong people on the other hand emerge out of it even more stronger.
In the first few lines of the poetry, the poet asks the wind to come softly, like a small child.
“Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf “
Figure of speech used : Anaphora
The repeated usage of the word Don’t consecutively in the beginning of lines 2,3,&4 is an example of the poetical figure of speech, “Anaphora”
In the next four lines, the poet tells the wind about the destruction it had made. The poet had asked it to come softly like a child, but instead it turned out to be a young boy full of energy, force and destruction.
5. “There, look what you did — you threw them all down.
6. You tore the pages of the books.
7. You brought rain again.
8. You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.”
Figure of speech used:
The repeated usage of the word You consecutively in the beginning of lines 6,7 &8 is an example of the poetical figure of speech, “Anaphora”
…poking fun at weaklings - Making fun of the weak people
9. “Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,
10. crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
11. crumbling hearts —
13. the wind god winnows and crushes them all”
Figure of speech used : Repetition and Alliteration
The word ‘Crumbling’ is repeated so many times to lay stress that everything crumbles in the face of a strong wind.
So, the writer is saying that when wind is very powerful, it is very strong, it leads to breakage of everything. Houses which are weak, fall, doors which are weak fall, the beams on which the roof of the buildings are supported, they also fall, all the wooden structures fall, all bodies of people fall, animals, lives, hearts. So, he is saying that everything crumbles. Everything that is weak reacts by falling down and breaking in the face of adversity. So, the poet is saying that whenever a weak person faces any adversity or challenge in life he breaks down and falls.
… Winnows — To separate the grains from the husks from the blowing wind - Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound in close connection. ‘wind winnows’.
‘won’t want’ — Alliteration