Question

Write the summary of the poem Missed​

Answer 1

Explanation:

This hilarious poem is about how the poet missed a catch and spoiled the cricket match he was playing. ... The day in general was happy until the poet messed up the match. He was distracted by the magic of the beautiful day and he admits that it was wrong of him to be so.Aug 14, 2016

Answer 2

Answer:

Everything was going fine the breeze had an odor of hay and the poet was wearing spotless white flannels, he was thinking about clara on her not a girl is a patch everything was fine until he missed the catch.

Explanation:

the poet uses many poetic devices such as

1.Anaphora : Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the

beginning or ending of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences.

For example,

Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech contains anaphora:

"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let

freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from

the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."

Examples from the poem: I bungled that catch

I’d buttered the catch.

I’d foozled that catch.

The sun..

The breeze..

My flannels..

My heart..

Alliteration: Stanza-1) breeze bore, tree – tops

Stanza – 3) self satisfied

Stanza – 4) handful my hair

Stanza – 5) game shall be golf

Metaphor: Stanza – 4) I tore with a wrench from my thatch.

Hyperbole:

Stanza: 4 - O, ne’er, if I live to a million,

Shall I feel such a terrible pang.

And my heart was seared deep with a raw burn.

Stanza:5 - Life’s void of all pleasure and laughter;

I bungled the easiest catch.

Anastrophe:

Stanza 2: My attention the magic of summer

Had lured from the game — which was wrong.

Stanza 3: The batsman with grief from the wicket

Himself had begun to detach

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