Important Devices of All poems ( CBSE)
IMPORTANT DEVICES and RHYME SCHEME POEM - 1 DUST OF SNOW By - Robert Frost The way a crow ---- a Shook down on me. -- b The dust of snow ---a From a hemlock tree -- b Rhyme scheme of all stenza is- abab Poetic Device Metaphor - The dust of snow Symbolism - Hemlock tree, crow Alliteration - And saved some part. Has given my heart. POEM - 2 The Fire and Ice By - Robert Frost Rhyme scheme - abaabcbcb Poetic Device - Symbolism - ' Fire' is used as a symbol of desire. Metaphor - to taste desire Alliteration - S ome s ay the w orld w ill end in fire. S ome s ay in ice I hold with those who f avor f ire. A ntithesis - fire is the antithesis of ice. Imagery - 'Fire' and 'ice' stand for desire, passion and hatred, coldness in human relations