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Figure of Speech – Cherry Tree (Poem No. 1) Class 11 English

Figure of Speech – Cherry Tree (Poem No. 1) Class 11 English
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Figure of Speech – Cherry Tree (Poem No. 1) Class 11 English

We are providing Figure of Speech – Cherry Tree (Poem No. 1) Class 11 English

1. Eight years have passed Since I placed my cherry seed in the grass.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘s’ is repeated for poetic effect.

2. “Must have a tree of my town,” I said, And watered it once and went to bed.

  • Repetition – The word ‘and’ is repeated in the line
  • Alliteration – The sound of the water ‘w’ is repeated for poetic effect.

3. And forgot; but cherries have a way growing, Though no one’s caring very much or knowing.

  • Anti-Climax – The words in the sentence – ‘caring’ and ‘knowing’ – arranged in the decreasing order.
  • Personification – ‘Cherries’ have been given the animate quality of growing.

4. And suddenly that summer near the end of May, I found a tree had come to stay.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘s’ and ‘t’ has been repeated for poetic effect.

5. I t was very small, five months child Lost in the tall grass running wild.

  • Antithesis – The words ‘small’ and ‘tall’ opposite words are used.
  • Metaphor – The cherry plant has been compared to a ‘child that is five moths old’.
  • Personification – The ‘tall grass has been given the animate quality of ‘running wild’

6. Goats ate the leaves, the grass cutter scythe Split it apart and a monsoon blight. Shriveled the slender stem… Even So,

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘g’ and ‘s’ is repeated.

7. The young tree struggle, upward thrust. Its arms in a fresh fierce lust for light and air and sun.

  • Climax – The words ‘light’, ‘air’ and ‘sun’ have been arranged in the increasing order.
  • Personification – The tree has been given the animate quality of the struggling.

8. Who watched, wandering, while Time and the Made a miracle from green growing pain…

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters, ‘W’, ‘M’ and ‘g’ has been repeated.
  • Personification – ‘Time’ and ‘rain’ have been given animate quality.

9. Spent a season in Kashmir –

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘s’ is repeated.

10. Came back thinner, rather poor. But richer by a cherry tree at my door.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘b’ is repeated.
  • Antithesis – Two opposite words ‘poor’ and ‘richer’ are there.

11. And I could scarcely believe it – a berry.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘b’ is repeated.

12. Pink, fragile, quick to fall.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘f’ is repeated.
  • Climax – The word ‘pink’, ‘fragile’ are arranged in increased order.

13. Looking up through leaves at the blue. Blind sky, at the finches as they flew.

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘L’, ‘b’ and ‘f’ is repeated.

14. Of nectar from each bloom and the sun snak Swiftly, and the stars turned in the sky

  • Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘s’ is repeated.

15. And moon-moths and singing crickets and Yes. I! ___praised Night and Starts and tree:

  • Climax – The word ‘night’, ‘stars’ and the ‘tree’ have been arranged in increasing order.
  • Personification – the crickets have been given the animate quality of being able to sing.
  • Repetition – The word ‘and’ has been repeated.

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