📘 Poetic Devices | काव्यात्मक अलंकार
🎵 Alliteration | अनुप्रास
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
पास-पास के शब्दों की शुरुआत में एक जैसी ध्वनि की पुनरावृत्ति।
“Has given my heart” –
Dust of Snow
“Some say” –
Fire and Ice
“Stalks in his vivid stripes” –
A Tiger in the Zoo
🖼️ Imagery | चित्रात्मकता
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
इंद्रियों को छूने वाले शब्दों का प्रयोग।
“The dust of snow from a hemlock tree” –
Dust of Snow
“Sliding through his cage’s bars” –
A Tiger in the Zoo
“In a world of possessions” –
The Ball Poem
“I am an orphan, roaming the street” –
Amanda
“The forest that was empty all these days” –
The Trees
🔮 Symbolism | प्रतीकात्मकता
Using symbols to signify ideas and qualities.
वस्तुओं या क्रियाओं से गहरे अर्थ प्रकट करना।
Crow and hemlock = sadness; snow = hope –
Dust of Snow
Fire = desire, Ice = hatred –
Fire and Ice
Ball = childhood, loss –
The Ball Poem
🧍 Personification | मानवीकरण
Giving human traits to non-human things.
निर्जीव वस्तुओं को मानवीय गुण देना।
“He stalks in his vivid stripes” –
A Tiger in the Zoo
“The trees are moving out” –
The Trees
↩️ Enjambment | अविराम पंक्ति
Continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line.
जब एक पंक्ति बिना विराम के दूसरी पंक्ति में जाती है।
“And saved some part / Of a day I had rued” –
Dust of Snow
Natural flow of lines –
The Ball Poem
Lines flow without pause –
The Trees
🔁 Repetition | पुनरावृत्ति
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.
किसी शब्द या वाक्यांश की पुनरावृत्ति।
“Amanda! Amanda!” –
Amanda
“What, what is he to do?” –
The Ball Poem
🔗 Rhyme Scheme | तुकबंदी योजना
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines.
पंक्तियों के अंत में आने वाले तुकांत शब्दों का क्रम।
ABAB –
Dust of Snow
ABAABCBCB –
Fire and Ice
AABB –
A Tiger in the Zoo
Free verse –
The Ball Poem
,
The Trees
AABA (Amanda’s thoughts) –
Amanda
🔄 Metaphor | रूपक
A direct comparison between two unrelated things.
दो असंबंधित चीज़ों की सीधी तुलना।
“The ball is the boy’s childhood” –
The Ball Poem
Trees = women/nature breaking free –
The Trees
⚡ Irony | विडंबना
A contrast between expectation and reality.
अपेक्षा और वास्तविकता के बीच विरोधाभास।
Both fire and ice can destroy the world –
Fire and Ice
Freedom in imagination vs. control in reality –
Amanda
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