Page 5 - Lesson Notes

Quick Understanding of the poetic devises used:(To be written in the Eng CW
Notebook [Literary skills]
•Personification - It is a poetic device in which a non-living thing or an abstract idea
or an animal is given attributes. eg- The shadow of the moon danced on the lake.
•Similarly in the poem, the poet has personified the scarecrow by attributing human
1. characeristics. "The scarecrow combes his hair"

• Imagery- Is the use of words and phrases that create images in the mind.
"shouting monkeys and porcupines"
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• Alliteration - Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant
sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each
3. other. "his hair", "something he should surely know"

• Simile - A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing
similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws
resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as.” Therefore, it is a direct
4. comparison. "While seasons circle round and round like oxen on a
threshing floor"

• Rhyming - Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of
each verse or line in poetry.
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