Question

Poetic device of the legend of the northland

Answer 1

Answer:

Rhyme Scheme: abcb

2. Alliteration: is the repetition of a consonant sound in two or more close words.

Stanza 1 - that, they, them through - ‘th’ sound is repeating

Stanza 2 - they, the - ‘th’ sound is repeating

look, like - ‘l’ sound is repeating

funny, furry - ‘f’ sound is repeating

Stanza 3 - they, them- ‘th’ sound is repeating

yet, you - ‘‘y sound is repeating’

learn, lesson - ‘l’ sound is repeating

tell, tale, to - ‘t’ sound is repeating

Stanza 5 - woman, was – ‘w’ sound is repeating

Them, the, hearth - ‘th’ sound is repeating

Stanza 6 - faint, fasting - ‘f’ sound is repeating

Stanza 8 - still, smaller - ‘s’ sound is repeating

Stanza 9 - took, tiny -‘t’ sound is repeating

Stanza 10 - seem, small - ‘s’ sound is repeating

Stanza 13 - build, birds - ‘b’ sound is repeating

by, boring, boring – ‘b’ sound is repeating

3. Repetition: any word or sentence is repeated to lay emphasis on it.

Stanza 1 - ‘away’ word is repeated

Stanza 9 – ‘rolled’ word is repeated

Stanza 13, 16 – ‘boring’ word is repeated

4. Enjambment: running lines of poetry from one to the next without using any kind of punctuation to indicate a stop

Stanza 1 - line 3 and 4

Stanza 2 - Line 1 and 2; line 3 and 4

Stanza 3 - Line 3 and 4

Stanza 4 - Line 1 and 2; 3 and 4

Stanza 10 - Line 1, 2 and 3

Stanza 11 - Line 1 and 2

5. Simile: Comparison using ‘as’ or ‘like’

Stanza 2 – ‘the children look like bear’s cubs’. Children compared to bear’s cubs

Stanza 9 – ‘baked it thin as a wafer’. Cake is compared to a wafer.

Stanza 15 – ‘clothes were burned black as a coal’. The colour of the burned clothes is compared to that of coal.