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Poetic Devices1. Literary devices used in Dust of Snow by Robert Frost
Alliteration:
Alliteration is the repetition of same consonant sound in the nearby words
Alliteration spoted in the "Dust of Snow"
Has given my heart
And saved some part
Alliterative words: Has, Heart; Saved Some
2. Analysis of Literary Devices in “Fire and Ice”
Writers and poets use Literary Devices to bring uniqueness and depth in the simple texts.
They also allow multiple interpretations of the texts. Robert Frost has also used some literary
devices in this poem. The analysis of some of the literary devices used in this poem is given
below.
a) Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the
long sound of /o/ in “I hold with those who favor fire”.
b) Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such
as the sound of /f/ in “I hold with those who favor fire”.
c) Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses.
For example, “Some say the world will end in fire” and “To say that for destruction
ice, is also great”.
d) Symbolism: Symbolism is a use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving
them symbolic meanings different from their literal meanings. “Fire” is the symbol of
desires and “Ice” symbolizes hatred. Similarly, “green” and “gold” are the symbol
of beauty and happiness.
e) Anaphora: It refers to the repetition of a word or expression in the first part of some
verses. For example,
“Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.”
f) Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. In
this poem, “Fire” and “Ice” are capable of destruction. Therefore, the poet personifies
fire and ice by giving them a mind which is capable of destroying almost anything.
g) “From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.”
3. A Tiger in the Zoo Poem and Explanation
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
Stalks: follows
Vivid: bright colored
Pads: paws of tiger
Rage: anger
, Here the poet says that the tiger that is confined in the zoo moves around in the cage under
his bright coloured skin. He further says that the tiger can take only a few steps because the
cage is small and it is not easy to move in it. One cannot hear his footsteps because he has
very soft feet, like velvet because of which there is no sound of the tiger’s footsteps. The tiger
tries to control his anger by quietly walking in the limited area of his cage. He is angry
because he is not free.
Literary devices
§ Personification: The tiger is personified because the poet refers him as ‘he’.
§ Metaphor: Tiger’s paws are compared with velvet (pads of velvet)
§ Imagery: poet tries to create an image about the tiger (He stalks in his vivid stripes The few
steps of his cage)
§ Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘I’ (in his vivid stripes)
§ Oxymoron: use of adjectives opposite in meaning (quiet rage)
He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
The poet says that if this tiger was free, he would have hid himself behind the long grass near
the water bodies so that he could easily catch a deer in order to have it as its food. Basically,
the poet wants to say that the actual life of a tiger is to live in jungle where he could catch his
prey and eat it but the tiger in the cage can not do so.
Literary devices
§ Alliteration: use of sound ‘p’ at the start of two words (plump pass)
§ Imagery: The poet has tries to create an image of tiger’s activities (lurking in shadow).
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
The poet says that if the tiger would have been free, he would have snarled around the houses
located at the outskirts of the forest. He would terrorise people with his sharp tooth and
claws. This would create fear among the people living in the villages.
Literary devices
§ Onomatopoeia: using words which denote sound (snarling)
§ Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘o’ and ‘I’ (should, around, houses), (Baring, his, white, his)
But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
Now the poet comes to the reality of the tiger that is inside the cage. He says that the tiger
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