CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Metaphor: Definition: A metaphor is a literary device used to represent a comparison without using the words “like” or “as”. In the poem, the phrase ‘honey-coloured ramparts’ is an example of a metaphor. Yeats, through the metaphor, compares Anne Gregory’s hair to the walls of a fort.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apostrophe: In this poem, the poet follows the device of the apostrophe as he is addressing himself to Anne Gregory, but we the readers never see her at any point in the poem. Metaphor: In this poem, the poet uses the device of metaphor on the 4th line when he compares Anne Gregory’s hair with the ramparts of a castle.

Detailed explanation-3: -The phrase ‘your yellow hair’ is an example of alliteration. Yeats uses alliteration to enhance the musical quality of his poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Simile is common poetic device. The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using ‘as’ or ‘like’. For example, the subject may be ‘creeping as quietly as a mouse’ or be ‘sly, like a fox.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rhyme Scheme: abcbdb. Anaphora: Repeated use of a word at the beginning of two lines (That he…. That only god)