CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

DUST OF SNOW

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the poetic device in-And saved some part
A
Personification
B
Assonance
C
Alliteration
D
Consonence
Explanation: 

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

Detailed explanation-2: -The poetic device that is used in the line “And saved some part” from the poem Dust of Snow is “alliteration".

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

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