ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What is anaphora? This literary device, which appears in biblical verses as well as the works of Walt Whitman, can be used to build up tension or energy in rhetoric, poetry and prose.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration: One of the most used poetic devices, Alliteration is a phonetic structure and repeated usage of sound or letter used in the first syllable of a word. It is considered as the oldest poetic tool that is generally used for two or more words in a poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Song of Myself, Walt Whitman uses anaphoras in multiple places. Here is one example: ‘Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much? have you reckon’d the earth much?/ Have you practis’d so long to learn to read?/Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?’-

Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration: repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called initial alliteration. Repeated consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of words is called internal alliteration. Repetition of vowel sounds is called assonance.