WORKSHEET-Figures of Speech
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WORKSHEET FIGURES OF SPEECH 1. Read the following excerpts from various poems or plays and identify the figures of speech that have been used. ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player ______________________ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.’ (William Shakespeare – Macbeth) ‘(Like to a lark at break of day arising _______________________ From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;’ (William Shakespeare – Sonnet 29) ‘The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, _______________________ Each like a corpse within its grave,…’ (Percy Bysshe Shelley – Ode To The West Wind) ‘I will love thee still, my dear, ________________________ Till a’ the seas gang dry. (thee – you; a’ – all ; gang – go ; melt wi’ – liquefy with) ………………………………….. And the rocks melt wi the sun:’ (Robert Burns – A Red, Red Rose) ‘Thou still unravished bride of quietness, _________________________ Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, (thou – you; unravished – pure; foster-child - Sylvan historian, who canst thus express adopted child; sylvan – rural; rhyme – poem)
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WORKSHEETFIGURES OF SPEECH
1. Read the following excerpts from various poems or plays and identify the figures of speech that have been used.
Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player______________________That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.(William Shakespeare Macbeth)
(Like to a lark at break of day arising_______________________From sullen earth) sings hymns at heavens gate;(William Shakespeare Sonnet 29)
The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,_______________________Each like a corpse within its grave,(Percy Bysshe Shelley Ode To The West Wind)
I will love thee still, my dear,________________________Till a the seas gang dry.(thee you; a all ; gang go ; melt wi liquefy with)..And the rocks melt wi the sun:(Robert Burns A Red, Red Rose)
Thou still unravished bride of quietness,_________________________Thou foster-child of silence and slow time,(thou you; unravished pure; foster-child -Sylvan historian, who canst thus expressadopted child; sylvan rural; rhyme poem)A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme.(John Keats Ode On A Grecian Urn)
Will silent be; and not a soul to tell________________________Why thou art desolate, can eer return. (art are; e er ever)(John Keats Ode On A Grecian Urn)
