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POEM 1(Life) Poem lines Figure of Speech Why? Vd;?

In the dim past, nor holding back in fear Metaphor past life is compared to dark ,Us; Nghd;w fle;j fhyk; vd;gjhy;
 To Youth and Age,…….  Youth X Age opposition
 So let the way wind up the hill or down, Contrast  up X down between two ,U Kuz;gl;l nrhw;fs; tUtJ
 O'er rough or smooth, the journey …..  rough X smooth objects

Alliteration ‘f’- repetition of same initial

With forward face and unreluctant soul;
forward - face consonant sounds nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
Alliteration ‘h’- repetition of same initial vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
And happy heart, that pays its toll
happy - heart consonant sounds

Epithet
Complaining ; Grumble - adjective Complaining ; Grumble – xU egu;
Complaining Street / Grumble Family expresses quality of a person or thing my;yJ tprak; gw;wpa milnkhop
street complains – behaves like a person; xU eguhf Gfhu; nra;Ak; njU
Personification Family grumbles – behaves like a person xU eguhf KdFk; FLk;gk;
City - named after- the persons’ ‘vg;NghJk; jpUg;jpaw;wtu;fs;’ vd;w kdpj
In the city of Never-Are-Satisfied, Personification Fzj;jpd; ngauhy; miof;fg;gLk; efuk;
POEM 2 (The grumble family)

unsatisfied nature
River - named after- a person’s ‘kdepiwtpd;ik’ vd;w kdpj Fzj;jpd;
The River of Discontent beside. Personification discontented nature ngauhy; miof;fg;gLk; MW
 The weather is always too hot or cold;  hot X cold opposition
 Summer and winter alike they scold Contrast  Summer X winter between ,U Kuz;gl;l nrhw;fs; tUtJ
 And whether their station be high or humble  high X humble two objects
They growl at the rain and they growl at the sun; Anaphora Repetition of phrases or verses xU nrhw;nwhlu; mLj;jLj;J tUtJ
Alliteration ‘h’- repetition of same initial
And whether their station be high or humble,
high - humble consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
Summer and winter alike they scold
Summer - scold consonant sounds
And if everything pleased them, there isn't a Alliteration ‘t’- repetition of same initial
doubt them - there consonant sounds
They'd growl that they'd nothing to grumble Alliteration ‘g’- repetition of same initial
about! growl - grumble consonant sounds nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
Among them too long, he will learn their Alliteration ‘l’- repetition of same initial vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
ways; long - learn consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘l’ ‘w’- repetition of same initial
Among them too long, he will learn their ways
long - learn ; will - ways consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘w’- repetition of same initial
And never to growl, whatever we do,
whatever - we consonant sounds
Alliteration: let - learn ; ‘l’ ‘w’ ‘s’- repetition of same
Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song walk – with; smile - song initial consonant sounds

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woman is compared to symbol of jpwd; kw;Wk; typikapd; milahsk;
POEM 3 (I am Every Woman) A symbol of power and strength. Metaphor Nghd;w ngz;
ability and strength
A part of life is compared to the tho;f;ifapd; xU gFjp fbdkhd
The summer of life she's ready to see in spring. Metaphor Nfhilf;fhyk; Nghd;wJ
Summer season
Persistence is the key to everything Metaphor Persistance is compared to key tplhKaw;rp> jpwTNfhy; Nghd;wJ
She's a lioness; don't mess with her Metaphor She is compared to lioness ngz;> ngz;rpq;fk; Nghd;wts;;
Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
A symbol of power and strength.
symbol - strength consonant sounds
Alliteration
The summer of life she's ready to see in ‘s’- repetition of same initial
summer - she's - see
spring. consonant sounds
- spring. nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
Says she. Despite the sighs and groans and Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
moans Says – she - sighs consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘f’- repetition of same initial
She’s strong in her faith, firm in her beliefs
faith - firm consonant sounds
Don’t ever try to saw her pride, her self- Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
respect. saw - self-respect consonant sounds

‘Cricket’ - behaves like a silly Kl;lhs; eguhf nray;gLk; fphpf;nfl; G+r;rp

A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing Personification
POEM 4 (The Ant and the Cricket)

person. vd;W $wpajhy;

Ant - behaves like a miserly
Away he set off to a miserly ant, Personification fQ;rj;jdkhd vWk;G vdf;$wpajhy;
person.
Some crickets have four legs, and some have Two legged crickets = Two 2 fhy; fpupf;nfl; G+r;rpfs; = 2 fhy;
two. Metaphor legged men kdpju;fs;
Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
silly - sing consonant sounds
Through the worm, sunny months of gay Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
summer and spring sunny - summer - spring consonant sounds
nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
Alliteration ‘c’- repetition of same initial
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
cupboard - come consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘s’- repetition of same initial
If not, he must die of starvation and sorrow.
starvation - sorrow. consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘f’- repetition of same initial
Folks call this a fable. I’ll warrant it true
folks - fable consonant sounds

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Assonance same vowel sound repeats within xNu capnuhypapy; njhlq;Fk;
Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask,
all - ask a group of words thu;j;ijfs;
Lifeless machines - not capuw;w ,ae;jpuk; xU eguhf ngha;ia
We are not built to comprehend a lie, Personification Ghpe;Jnfhs;shJ vdf;$Wtjhy;
understand lie like a person
We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive
Lifeless machines - works like capuw;w ,ae;jpuk; xU eguhf
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light Personification Ntiyfs; nra;fpwJ vdf;$Wtjhy;
persons
We can run and race and swim and fly and dive
POEM 5 (The Secret of the Machines)

Lifeless machines - speak of capuw;w ,ae;jpuk; xU eguhf Nerpj;jy;>

We can neither love nor pity nor forgive Personification human love, pity, and forgiveness ghpjhgg;gLjy; kw;Wk; kd;dpj;jy; Nghd;w
kdpjg;gz;Gfis nra;;ahJ vdf;$Wtjhy;
Lifeless machines – consider ,ae;jpuq;fs; jq;fis Foe;ijfshff;
Personification $Wtjhy;
themselves - children
We are nothing more than children of your brain!
Children of human brain - ,ae;jpuq;fs; jq;fis kdpju;fspd;
Hyperbole Foe;ijfs; vd kpifg;gLj;jpf; $Wtjhy;
exaggerating an event
24 hours work - exaggerating an 24 kzp NeuKk; Ntiy – kpifg;gLj;jp
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day Hyberpole
event $wg;gLk; xd;W
Machines’ works – create a ve;jpuq;fs; ghu;f;Fk;> Nfl;Fk;> vz;Zk;>
We can see and hear and count and read and write! Imagery vOJk; - vd;gJ glkhf ekf;Fj; Njhd;Wk;
picture in reader’s mind
smoke from machines hides the njhopw;rhiyg;Gif tpz;iz kiwj;jJ>
Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from
Connotation sky not ‘heaven’ – suggests nrhu;f;fj;ij my;y - ,ae;jpuj;jpd;
your eyes, mjpfg;gbahd fUj;J
beyond what it expresses
Alliteration ‘p’ ‘r’- repetition of same initial
We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive
pull - push consonant sounds
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light
print - plough
We can run and race and swim and fly and dive
run - race
But remember, please, the Law by which we Alliteration ‘l’- repetition of same initial
live, Law - live, consonant sounds nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
Alliteration ‘n’- repetition of same initial
We an neither love nor pity nor forgive
Neither - nor consonant sounds
Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from Alliteration ‘h’- repetition of same initial
your eyes, hide - Heavens consonant sounds
Alliteration ‘f’- repetition of same initial
We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit.
filed - fit. consonant sounds
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Beneath all uniforms, a single body ek;ikg; NghyNt gpw ehl;L kf;fspd;
POEM 6 (No Men are Foreign) breathes Like ours: Simile every one breathe like us clYk;; Rthrpf;fpwJ vd;gjhy;
…….the land our brothers walk upon epyj;ijg; Nghd;w G+kp
Simile earth is compared to burial land
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
Remember they have eyes like ours that wake. Simile Their eyes are also like ours mtu;fs; fz;fs; ek;KilaJ Nghd;wJ
starv’d – epithet starv’d vd;w thu;j;ij They-f;F mUfpy;
They, too aware of sun and air and water Transferred They starv’d – is correct. tuNtz;Lk;. Mdhy; winter-f;F mUfpy;
Are fed by …. by war's long winter starv'd. epithet But ‘starv’d’ is transferred beside ‘winter’. Transfer nra;ag;gl;L cs;sJ. vdNt
So ‘starv’d’ is transferred epithet here mJ Transferred epithet.
Are fed by ….. by war's long winter starv'd. Metaphor war is compared to long winter Fsph;fhyk; Nghd;w Nghu;
Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read Metaphor Their hands – compared to - ours mth;fSila iffs; Nghd;wJ ekJ Nghd;wNj
Our hells of fire and dust outrage….. Metaphor city is compared to fire neUg;G Nghd;w efuk;
Remember……. Repetition of words kPz;Lk; kPz;Lk; nrhw;fs; tUjy;
Remember…. Repetition
‘b’- repetition of same initial
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Alliteration
consonant sounds nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
‘s’- repetition of same initial vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
Or sleep, and strength that can be won Alliteration
consonant sounds

It sat alone. Personification Sat alone – behaves like a person xU egu; Nghy mku;e;jpUe;jJ vd;W $wpajhy;
(The House on the Elm Street)

Beside the house sits a tree. Personification Sits – behaves like a person xU egu; Nghy mku;e;jpUe;jJ vd;W $wpajhy;
Whole ruined house – represented cUf;Fiye;j nkhj;j tPl;ilAk; xNu
Synecdoche as ‘bare bone’ vYk;Gf;$lha; $Wtjhy;
But at the same time it is bare to the
Lifeless house – seems a lifeless xU egupd; vYk;Gf;$L mikg;gpyhd
bone. Personification capuw;w tPL
person’s bare bone
Metaphor House is compared to bare bone vYk;Gf;$L Nghd;w cUf;Fiye;j tPL
It is a very mysterious place, Metaphor House is compared to mysterious place kh;kkhd ,lk; Nghd;w tPL
unlimited space - exaggeration ld; fzf;fpyhd ntw;wplk; -
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space, Hyberpole kpifg;gLj;jg;gl;l thu;j;ijfs;
How could this be? Rhetorical Asking questions without expect tpilia vjpu;ghu;f;fhky; Nfl;fg;gLk;
What happened inside that house? Questions the answers Nfs;tpfs;
Lights flicker on and off. Contrast on X off - opposition between 2 objects ,U Kuz;gl;l nrhw;fs;
Word formed from the sound of tpsf;if vupaitf;ifapy; cz;lhFk;
Lights flicker on and off. Onomatopoeia
lighting a lamp xypapypUe;J cUthd thu;;j;ij
And inside you can tell it has a ton of ‘t’- repetition of same initial
POEM 7

space, Alliteration consonant sounds

But at the same time it is bare to the ‘b’- repetition of same initial nrhw;fspy; cs;s Kjy; nka;
Alliteration vOj;Jfspd; xypfs; xd;wp tUjy;
bone. consonant sounds
‘b’- repetition of same initial
The house seems to be a bit brighter Alliteration consonant sounds
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