Identify the literary device in the following:
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1. “But one night a nightingale In the moonlight cold and pale Perched upon the sumac tree Casting forth her melody” 2. “They tell them a curious story I don’t believe ‘tis true; And yet you may learn a lesson If I tell the tale to you.”
3. “The voice of thunder declares my arrival; The rainbow announces my departure.” 4. “His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover/”
5. “O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!
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1). Alliteration
2). Alliteration
3). Personification
4). Hyperbole
5). Oxymoron
Explanation:
- Alliteration is the figurative device in which a particular consonant sound repeated at short intervals. It helps in adding rhythm and melody to the poem and grab readers' attention.
- In the first and second lines, the repetition of consonant sounds 'n' in 'night' and 'nightingale'(in the first line) and 't' in 'tell', 'tis', 'true', 'tale', etc.
- Hyperbole is the literary device in which the author deliberately exaggerates or overstates an idea to generate a more noticeable effect. The third sentence exaggerates the idea of his arrival by comparing it to 'the voice of thunder' to highlight the idea.
- The last line employs oxymoron as the two contrary words 'heavy' and 'lightness' are intentionally put together to disclose a paradox.
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