Question

Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow,
The sunset hangs on a cloud;
A golden storm of glittering sheaves,
Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves,
The wild wind blows in a cloud.

Hark to a voice that is calling
To my heart in the voice of the wind:
My heart is weary and sad and alone,
For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone,
And why should I stay behind?

Find out the figures of speech- simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification used in the poem.

Answer 1

Answer:

Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow,

S. M

The sunset hangs on a cloud;

P

A golden storm of glittering sheaves,

M

Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves,

M

The wild wind blows in a cloud.

Hark to a voice that is calling

To my heart in the voice of the wind:

P

My heart is weary and sad and alone

M

For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone,. S

And why should I stay behind?

Answer 2

In the beautiful poem 'Autumn Song' written by Sarojini Naidu, there is the use of several literary devices in all the stanzas.

Following are the phrases or words along with their specific literary device:

• The figure of speech Simile can be observed in the given phrases- "Like a joy on the heart" and "its dreams like the fluttering leaves".
• The figure of speech Metaphor can be observed in the given phrase- "the heart of a sorrow"
• The figure of speech Alliteration can be observed in the given phrases- "Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves", "golden storm of glittering", "wild wind", and "why should I stay".
• The figure of speech Personification can be observed in the given phrases- "heart of a sorrow", "heart is weary and sad and alone", and "voice of the wind".

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