CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines. It is sort of like epistrophe, which I discussed in a previous video, except that the repetition in anaphora occurs at the beginning of these structures while the repetition in epistrophe occurs at the end.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poets use figures of speech in their poems. Several types of figures of speech exist for them to choose from. Five common ones are simile, metaphor, personification, hypberbole, and understatement. A simile compares one thing to another by using the words like or as.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poetic device used in this poem is “metaphor.” Some are: the oven, the flames, the padlock, and the fetter. These metaphors have been used to describe the struggle for India’s freedom in a symbolical manner.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wind is a metaphor in the poem, as it represents the challenges that mankind endure in their life. Personification: The attribution of human attributes to animals and non-living entities is known as personification. Wind is addressed in the poem via the pronoun “He, ” which is typically reserved for people.