✤[tex]\textsf{\large{\underline{Question}:-}}[/tex]
Name and explain the figure of speech—
a) No time to turn at Beauty's glance.
b) And stare as long as sheep or cows.
✤[tex]\textsf{\large{\underline{To do}:-}}[/tex]
We have to identify as well as explain the figure of speech used in the sentence.
✤[tex]\textsf{\large{\underline{Answer}:-}}[/tex]
a) No time to turn at Beauty's glance.
[tex]\textbf{Figure of speech}[/tex]-Metaphor
Metaphor-It is a figure of speech used to make a comparison between two unlike things.
In this sentence,nature has been compared to a beautiful woman without using words like 'as' or 'like'.
Therefore,the figure of speech used in this sentence is metaphor.
☆Metaphors don't use the words 'like' or 'as' for comparison unlike similes.
b) And stare as long as sheep or cows.
[tex]\textbf{Figure of speech}[/tex]-Simile
Simile-A simile is a figure of speech that uses comparison using words like 'like','as' etc.
Since a direct comparison has been made with sheep or cows, therefore the figure of speech used here is simile.
✤[tex]\textsf{\large{\underline{Other figures of speech}:-}}[/tex]
Some other important figures of speech are as follows:-
- Alliteration-The repetition of consonant sound in a series of words is known as alliteration.
Example-The child bounced the ball at the backyard barbeque.
- Onomatopoeia-This figure of speech is used to imitate the sound associated with the action.
Example-The sausages were sizzling in the pan.
- Personification-It is a figure of speech used to give human characteristics to objects or animals.
Example-The opportunity knocked at his door.
- Hyperbole-It is a figure of speech used to exaggerate or heighten the effect of something in a sentence.
Example-I died of embarrassment.
- Irony-Irony is a figure of speech that expresses something opposite to the literal meaning of the word usually for humour.
Example-Your hands are as clean as mud.
- Anaphora-It is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences or clauses.
Example-Get busy living or get busy dying.
