4. Poetic devices are plans or
methods of arrangements of words
which can assist the writer in
developing cogent expressions that
are appealing to his/her readers.
6. Alliteration
The use of
Repeated consonant sounds at the
beginning of words placed near each other,
usually on the same or adjacent lines. A
Ex. Two vast and trunk less legs cold command
somewhat looser definition is that it is the use
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that
of the same consonant in any part of
fed.
adjacent word.
boundless and bare
lone and level sands stretch
7. The use of
Irony
Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in
such a way that their intended meaning is different from
the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a
situation that may end up in quite a different way than
what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a
difference between the appearance and the reality.
Ex. Look upon my works so mighty & despair
nothing beside remains
8. The use of
Hyperbole
Hyperbole, derived from Greek word meaning
“over-casting” is a figure of speech, which involves
an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
It is a device that we employ in our day-to-day
speech. For instance, when you meet a friend after
a long time, you say, “Ages have passed since I
first saw you.
Ex. Kings of Kings
9. Anastrophe
Anastrophe is a form of literary device where in
the order of the noun and the adjective in the
sentence is exchanged. In standard parlance
and writing the adjective comes before the noun
but when one is employing an anastrophe the
noun is followed by the adjective.
Ex. Well those passions read
10. The use of
Synecdoche
A synecdoche is a literary devices that uses a
Ex. a shatter'd visage lies,
part of something to refer to the whole. It is
whose frown
somewhat rhetorical in nature, where the
And wrinkled lip and sneer of
entire object is represented by way of a
cold command
faction of it or a faction of the object is
symbolized by the full.
Nothing beside remains: round
the decay
Of that colossal wreck,
boundless and bare,
11.
12. The matter is sourced from:
http://www.shmoop.com/ozymandias/analysis.html
http://www.shmoop.com/ozymandias/rhyme-form-meter.html
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Ozymandias.html
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