Question

Identify the Figures of Speech used in the following sentences.

______1. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
______2. Many are called, but few are chosen. 
______3. Man proposes, God disposes.
______4. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain. 
______5. Why, man, if the river were dry, I would be able to fill it with tears.
______6. Death lays his icy hands on kings.
______7. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face?
______8. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.
______9. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
______10. The camel is the ship of the desert. 
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Answer 1

Answer:

i. The glories of our blood and state

Are shadows, not substantial things;

There is no armour against Fate;

Death lays his icy hand on kings:

a. Why does the poet say that the glories are shadows and what makes him feel so?

b. What is the figure of speech used here? Give one example.

ii. Give the summary of the poem, 'Death the Leveller'.

iii. Critically analyse the given extract:

'Some men with sword may reap the field,

And plant fresh laurels where they kill;

But their strong nerves at last must yield,'