Question

Some examples of figures of speech used in the poem "The Buddhist Parable"

Answer 1

Alliteration, Tautology, and Repetition are some of the examples of figures of speech used in the poem "The Buddhist Parable"

The Buddhist Parable is a poem by the poet James Kirkup, where he talks about humans being careless and selfish and tries to teach us a moral to help others and be kind.

• The line "You can find them everywhere on earth: No one takes any notice of them there" has the figure of speech Alliteration used in it. The sound of the letter 'e' is repeated for poetic effects.
• In the line, "The reason you are suffering the torments and the agonies of hell is that you passed those people by without a word, without a thought, and did not recognize" the figure of speech is Tautology. The words torment and agony are similar in meaning and are used together for poetic effect.
• In the last stanza, the line "In that old man or that old woman a heavenly messenger was sent to warn you of the evil of your ways" has the figure of speech Repetition. The word 'old' is used twice for poetic effect.

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