Poetic Devices in ICSE Class 10 English Poems

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Poetic Devices in ICSE Class 10 English Poems

 

List of Poetic Devices used in ICSE Class 10 English Poems

 

Poetic Devices in ICSE Class 10 English Poems – A “poetic device” refers to anything a poet uses to enhance the literal meaning of their poem. Poetic devices are an essential part of English poetry. It is therefore a tool that significantly enhances a poem’s substance, heightens its feel, or provides the essential rhythm. Let’s have a look at the poetic devices which have been used in ICSE Class 10 English Treasure Chest Book Poems.

Poem – Haunted Houses

 

Figures of Speech

  1. Rhyme scheme – abab
     2. Enjambment – When a sentence continues to the next line without use of any punctuation mark at the end of the line. The device of enjambment has been used at various instances in the poem.
     3. Simile – Comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
     inoffensive ghosts,
     As silent as the pictures on the wall.
     The spirit-world around this world of sense
     Floats like an atmosphere
     4. Metaphor – an indirect comparison between the qualities of two things.
     this perpetual jar
     Of earthly wants and aspirations high
     (here, the perpetual jar is used to denote the immortal soul)
     So from the world of spirits there descends
     A bridge of light, connecting it with this,
     (here, the bridge of light is a mysterious bridge which connects the human world and the ghostly world)
     5. Personification – when a human quality is attributed to a non human or object.
     And as the moon from some dark gate of cloud
     Throws o’er the sea a floating bridge of light,
     (here, the act of throwing personifies the moon)
     6. Alliteration – The repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words
     Haunted houses
     Little lives
     7. Anaphora – when two or more consecutive lines start with the same word.
     The stranger at my fireside cannot see
     The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear;
     8. Antithesis – when opposite words are closely placed.
     lived and died
     come and go
     To and fro

 

 

Related: 

Haunted Houses Summary, Explanation | ICSE Class 10 English

ICSE Class 10 English Haunted Houses Question Answers

 

 

Poem – The Glove and the Lions

Figures of Speech

  1. Rhyme scheme – aabbcc
  2. Simile – Comparison between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

They bit, they glared, gave blows like beams, a wind went with their paws (the blows given by the lions were so powerful like wooden logs)

  1. Anaphora – when two or more consecutive lines start with the same word.

And ‘ mongst them sat the Count de Lorge, with one for whom he sighed:

And truly ’twas a gallant thing to see that crowning show, 

  1. Alliteration – The repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words
  •         Ramped and roared
  •         With wallowing
  •         Ladies. Lovers
  •         Great glory
  •         Then threw the

 

 
Related: 

The Glove and the Lions Summary, Explanation | ICSE Class 10 English

ICSE Class 10 English The Glove and the Lions Question Answers

 

Poem – When Great Trees Fall

Figures of Speech

  1. Extended metaphor – When an indirect comparison between the quality of two things is seen throughout a poem.
     Trees have been compared to men.
  2. Enjambment – when the same sentence continues to the next line without the use of punctuation mark at the end of the line
  3. Alliteration – the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words.
     Breathe, briefly
     Much maddened
  4. Repetition – the repeated use of a sentence or a word to emphasize on it
     When great trees fall
     When great souls die
     They existed, they existed
     Be and be

 

 

Related: 

When Great Trees Fall Summary, Explanation | ICSE Class 10 English

ICSE Class 10 English When Great Trees Fall Question Answers

 

Poem – A Considerable Speck

Figures of Speech

  1. Rhyme scheme- irregular rhyme has been used
     2. Oxymoron – the adjective used for a noun is contrary to the noun’s qualities.
     ‘Considerable speck’
     3. Imagery – visual imagery has been deployed to show the mite’s movement.
     4. Alliteration – repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words.
     Been beneath
     Made me
     Breathing blown
     Something strange
     Could call
     My manuscript
     Too tiny
     Have had
     Cunning crept
     With which
     Mind myself
     5. Anaphora – two or more consecutive lines start with the same word
     I let it lie there till I hope it slept.
     I have a mind myself and recognize
     6. Inversion – the structure of the sentence is altered
     This was no dust speck by my breathing blown,
     Plainly with an intelligence I dealt.
     Yet must have had a set of them complete
     On any sheet the least display of mind
     7. Enjambment – when the same sentence continues to the next lines and the lines do not have any punctuation mark in the end. Enjambment has been used at various places in the poem.

 

 

Related: 

A Considerable Speck Summary, Explanation | ICSE Class 10 English

ICSE Class 10 English A Considerable Speck Question Answers
 

Poem – The Power of Music

Figures of Speech:

1.Rhyme scheme – abcb
 2.Personification – Horses, sky and goat have been personified.
 3.Alliteration – the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more consecutive words.
 He’s hell-bent
 Booming out his broadside
 Feathered fly
 Turn turtle
 Stop your singing
 Welkin weeps
 Hear his
 Mighty mansions
 His horns
 Strains of song
 Blast of brutal
 Golden gift
 

 
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