CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What poetic device is employed in the line “As soon as he has lept on you ‘’?
A
Inversion
B
Poetic license
C
Assonance
D
Alliteration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -With the use of poetic licence, the poet not only maintains the rhyme scheme but also creates a humorous effect in the poem. The poet has employed poetic licence in her use of language in the poem. In some stanzas, she has shortened words like ‘lept’, ‘lep’, and ‘dyin’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. 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-3: -Expert-Verified Answer. Answer: Alliteration is the phonetic alignment and repeated use of a sound or letter in the first syllable of a word.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answers. Some examples of this type of poetic device are alliteration, assonance, consonance, and cacophony, among others.

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