XI FIGURES OF SPEECH
2.1 Cherry Tree
-Ruskin Bond
Alliteration-
1) Since I placed
my cherry seed in the grass Alliteration
In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) And watered it
once and went to bed.
Alliteration
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In this line ‘w’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
3) And suddenly
that summer near the end of May
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
4) Goats ate the
leaves, the grass running wild
Alliteration
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In this line ‘g’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
5) Shriveled the
slender stem…………….Even so ,
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
6) Next spring I
watched three new shoots grow,
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
7) The young tree
struggle, upward thrust
Alliteration
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In this line‘t’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
8) Its arms in a
fresh fierce lust
Alliteration
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In this line ‘f’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
9) I could only
wait, as one
Alliteration
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In this line ‘o’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
10) Who watched,
wandering, while Time and the rain
Alliteration
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In this line ‘w’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
11) Made a miracle
from green growing pain…………
Alliteration
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In this line ‘m’& ‘g’ sounds are repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
12) Spent a season
in Kashmir
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
13) And I could
scarcely believe it- a berry.
Alliteration
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In this line ‘b’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
14) Pink, fragile,
quick to fall
Alliteration
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In this line ‘f’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
15) At the merest breath,
the sleepiest breeze,……….
Alliteration
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In this line ‘b’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound .’
16) Looking up through leaves at the blue
Alliteration
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In this line ‘l’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
17) Blind sky, at
the finches as they flew
Alliteration
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In this line ‘f’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
18) Of nectar from
each bloom and the sun sank
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
19) Swiftly, and the
stars turned in the sky,
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
20) And moon-moths
and singing crickets and I
Alliteration
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In this line ‘m’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Antithesis
1) It was very
small, five months child,
Lost
in the tall grass running wild.
Antithesis
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In these lines two opposite words (small x tall) are used.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference or contrast.’
2) Came back
thinner, rather poor,
But
richer by a cherry tree at my door.
Antithesis
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In these lines two opposite words (poor x richer) are used.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference or contrast.’
Personification
1) I found a tree
had come to stay.
Personification
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In this line the word come is the human activity shows in
tree
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
2) Blind sky, at
the finches as they flew
Personification
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In this line the word blind is the human aspect shows in sky
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
3) While bees in an
ecstasy drank
Personification
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In this line the word ecstasy is the human activity shows in
bees
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
4) And moon-moths
and singing crickets and I
Personification
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In this line the word singing is the human activity shows in
cricket
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
Climax
1) Pink, fragile,
quick to fall
Climax
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In this line ideas are arranged in ascending order.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference or
contrast.’
2.2 The
Sower
– Torulata Dutt
Alliteration
1) Sunlight, I see,
dying fast,
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) Working hours
have well-nigh past.
Alliteration
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In this line ‘w’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
3) Dominates the
furrows deep!
Alliteration
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In this line‘d’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
4) Now to sow the
task is set
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
5) Muse I, as I see
him stride.
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
6) Darkness deepens.
Fades the light.
Alliteration
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In this line‘d’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
7) Seems to touch
the starry skies.
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Personification
1)
Sunlight, I see, dying fast,
Personification
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In this line the word dying is the human activity shows in
sunlight
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
2) Twilight hastens
on to rule.
Personification
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In this line the to rule is the human activity shows in
twilight
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So this figure of speech based on ‘ Imagination’
3) Shadows run
across the lands;
Personification
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In this line the word run is the human activity shows in
shadow
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So this figure of speech based on ‘ Imagination’
4) Black and high,
his silhouette
Dominates
the furrows deep!
Personification
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In this line the word dominate is the human activity shows in silhouette
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So this figure of speech based on ‘ Imagination’
Inversion
1) Now to sow the
task is set.
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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The task is set to sow now
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
2) Marches he along
the plain
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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He marches along the plain
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
3) Sunlight, I see,
dying fast,
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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I see, sunlight, dying fast
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
2.3 There is Another Sky
-Emily Dickinson
Alliteration
1) Never mind faded
forests Alliteration
In this line ‘f’
sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) I hear the bright
bee hum;
Alliteration
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In this line ‘b’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Hyperbole
1) There is another
sky,
Hyperbole
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It is an overstatement.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘imagination.’
Inversion
1) Where not a
frost has been;
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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Where a forest has not been
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
2) Into my garden
come! Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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Come into my garden
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
2.4 Upon Westminster Bridge
– William Wordsworth
Alliteration
1) Never did sun
more beautifully steep
Alliteration
In this line‘s’
sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) The beauty of
the morning; silent, bare,
Alliteration
In this line‘b’
sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples
lie Alliteration
In this line‘t’
sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Personification
1)
Never did sun more beautifully steep
Personification
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In this line the word beautiful is the human aspect shows in sun
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
2) The river
glideth at his own sweet will
Personification
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In this line the word sweet will is the human activity shows in river
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
3) And all that
mighty heart is lying still
Personification
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In this line the word
lying is the human activity shows
in heart
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
Inversion
1) Ne’er saw I
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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I never saw
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
2.5 Nose versus
Eyes –
William Cowper
Alliteration
1) The spectacles set
them unhappily wrong;
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) To which the said
spectacles ought to belong
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
3) Designed to sit
close to it, just like a saddle.
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
4) Then shifting
his side, as a lawyer knows how,
Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Inversion
1) That the visage
or countenance had not a Nose,
Inversion
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Element order is changed for poetic impact
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Correct order is –
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That the visage or countenance did not have a nose.
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So this figure of speech based on construction.
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‘Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest
arose’
Inversion – Element
order is changed for poetic impact.
Correct order is –
‘A strange contest arose between Nose and Eyes’.
So this figure of speech based on ‘Construction’.
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‘Again would your lordship a moment
suppose,’
Inversion – Element
order is changed for poetic impact.
Correct order is –
‘Again,
would your lordship suppose, a moment’.
So this figure of speech
based on ‘Construction’.
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‘That the spectacles plainly were made
for the Nose,’
Inversion –
Element order is changed for poetic impact.
Correct order is –
‘That
the spectacles were plainly made for the Nose’.
So this figure of speech based on ‘Construction’.
2.6 The Planner – Boey Kim Cheng
Alliteration
1) Filled with permutation
of possibilities. Alliteration
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In this line ‘p’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
2) And the skies surrender. Alliteration
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In this line‘s’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
3) Useless blocks
with dental dexterity. Alliteration
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In this line‘d’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
4) With gleaming gold.
Alliteration
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In this line ‘g’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
5) Anaesthesia, amnesia,
hypnosis.
Alliteration
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In this line ‘a’ sound is repeated.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘sound.’
Personification
1) And the skies surrender.
Personification
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In this line the word surrender is the human activity shows in sky
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So this figure of speech based on ‘Imagination.’
Hyperbole
1) Even the sea
draws back
And
the skies surrender.
Hyperbole
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It is an overstatement.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘imagination.’
Climax
1) Anaesthesia,
amnesia, hypnosis.
Climax
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In this line ideas are arranged in ascending order.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference or
contrast.’
Paradox
1)
Of our past’s tomorrow.
Paradox
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In this line two opposite ideas (past & tomorrow) are
used.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference or contrast.’
Ø Oxymoron
1) So history is
new again.
Oxymoron
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In this line two opposite ideas (history & new) are used.
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So this figure of speech based on ‘difference of
contrast.’
ANUP MHETRE
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