CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

A LETTER TO GOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the poetic device used in the line “And saved some part”
A
alliteration
B
metaphor
C
oxymoron
D
similie
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poetic device used in the line “And saved some part” is alliteration.

Detailed explanation-2: -alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds (head rhyme) is also referred to as alliteration. As a poetic device, it is often discussed with assonance and consonance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is ‘Alliteration’. Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Detailed explanation-4: -The figure of speech in this particular line is, Alliteration. It means the words that have the same first letter. Here, saved and some have the same letter “s".

Detailed explanation-5: -Imagery: Frost uses simple imagery like a crow scattering snow from hemlock tree, and ‘dust of snow’ falling on the poet to depict the positive effect of nature on the poet. Alliteration: Alliteration is the occurrence of the same sound that is used in the beginning of the closely placed words.

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