Find out the poetic devices used in the poem.
a)My heart was so light
That I sang day and night,
For all nature looked gay.”
“You sang, Sir, you say?
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Answers
Gay And Say = Alletaration
Sang Day = Perposition
Answer:
Rhyme Scheme: aabb aabbb aabb aabbb aabb aabbb aabb
Meanings:
Accustomed - habitual
Crumb - a small piece of bread, biscuit
Gay - bright, vibrant
Dripping - so wet as to shed drops of liquid
Famine - scarcity of food
Folks - people
Hastily- quickly
Miserly - spending money as little as possible
Quoth - said
Starvation - suffering or death due to lack of food
Wicket - an opening in door ,gate or wall.
Stanza 1:
A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring,
Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.
Poetic Devices
i. Personification - The poet has personified the cricket by giving him the human ability of singing and also by using the pronoun ‘him’ for it.
ii. Alliteration - It is the repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words. The repetition of the letter ‘s’ in sunny months of gay summer and spring.
iii. Consonance - There is a prominent sound of the consonant ‘t’ in the first line and ‘s’ in the second line of the stanza.
iv. Enjambment - The sentences are being continued to the next line without a break. It can be seen in the first line.
Explanation:
The poet says that there was once a silly young cricket who was accustomed to sing during the spring and summer season. Spring and summers are called gay because they are happy and full of life. There is food and water available in abundance and greenery is everywhere. However, soon these happy months passed away and the cricket was in trouble. His cupboard was empty at home.
Stanza 2:
Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground;
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on a tree.
“Oh ! what will become,’’Says the cricket, “of me?
Poetic Devices
i. Personification - The poet has personified the cricket by using the pronoun ‘he’ for it.
ii. Enjambment - The sentences are being continued to the next line without a break. It can be seen in the first line.
iii. Assonance - There is a prominent sound of the vowel ‘e’ in the third and fourth lines of the stanza.
Explanation:
There was not even a crumb of bread available to eat. The ground was covered in snow and he couldn't even see one flower or a leaf on the tree. Seeing this he became sad and worried.
Stanza 3:
At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To see if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Poetic Devices
i. Enjambment - The sentences are being continued to the next line without a break. It can be seen in the last line.
ii. Personification - The poet has personified the cricket by using the pronoun ‘he’ for it.
iii. Alliteration - It is the repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words. The repetition of the letter ‘w’ in with wet.
iv. Consonance - There is a prominent sound of the consonant ‘l’ in All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold.
v. Assonance - There is a prominent sound of the vowel ‘i’ in the second line and ‘e’ in the fourth line of the stanza.
Explanation:
The cricket had not eaten anything and was starving without food. He mustered courage and set to seek the help of a tiny ant. There was famine, cold and rain so the cricket was wet and shivering.
Stanza 4:
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.
He wished only to borrow;
He’ d repay it tomorrow;
If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.
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