Question

What are humorous descriptions in the poem "how to tell wild animals"?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (and if there…..tawny beast)

Inversion: Change in the format of a sentence (if there should to you advance)

Assonance: use of vowel sound ’o’ (you should go, should to you, roars,)

Allusion: Reference to a famous thing, place, species of animal, etc (Asian Lion)Alliteration: repetition of consonant sound ‘r’ at start of two or more closely connected words (roaming round)

Inversion: Change in the format of a sentence (The Bengal Tiger to discern)

Allusion: Reference to a famous thing, place, species of animal, etc (Bengal Tiger)

Assonance: Use of vowel sound ’o’ (or if some time when roaming round)

Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘h’ in the beginning of two words (he has)

Poetic license: A liberty to the poet to change the spellings in order to create rhyme or rhythm in a poem (use of lept instead of leapt)

Repetition: use of ‘lep’ word in the last line.

Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘o’ (strolling-forth-you, whose-spot, do no good to roar)

Consonance: use of ‘l’ sound (he’ll only lep lep)Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (if you were walking….creature there)

Alliteration: use of ‘w’ sound (when-walking), use of ‘h’ sound (who- hugs), use of ‘b’ sound (be-bear)

Assonance: use of vowel ‘e’ (meet a creature there)

Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘n’ (novice-nonplus), use of ‘th’ sound (the-thus)

Enjambment: continuation of sentence to the next line (though to distinguish….might nonplus, The crocodile…..hyena thus).Alliteration: use of ‘h’ sound (he hasn’t)

Consonance: use of ‘g’ sound (single wing)