The Brook - Poetic Devices 1s1mv

The brook – stanza – 1. ‘I” (Line-1) – The whole poem brook is personified ·

‘hern’ is an example of poetic license. The word ‘heron’ has been turned into ‘hern’ match the rhyming word ‘hern’.

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‘I` ................`(Line – 1) ‘I...............`(Line – 2) Anaphora

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“Sudden sally” (Alliteration) “Bicker” – (onomatopoeia) Stanza -2

1) By thirty hills I hurry down (Inversion) 2) Twenty thorpes (Alliteration) 3) By .............................(Line – 1) ................................... By (Line -3) – Repetition Stanza - 3 1. Till last by Philip’s farm I flow (inversion) 2. Men may (Alliteration) 3. Come ..............go (Line-3) (Antithesis) Stanza - 4 1. ‘Chatter`, ‘trebles`, ‘babble` - onomatopoeia. 2. Line – 3 and Line – 4 – Anaphora. Stanza - 5 1. “With many a curve my banks I fret” – Inversion. 2. “fairly foreland”,” with willow seed” – Alliteration. Stanza - 6 . Chatter chatter- Repetition 2. Chatter – Onomatopoeia 3. Chatter chatter , men may –Alliteration 4. ……….come ………go- Antithesis Stanza - 7 1) .......................and in and out – Antithesis

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2) 2) .........about and – Alliteration 3) Line (3) and ........................ (4) .......................

Anaphora.

4) here and there – Repetition Stanza - 8 1 here and there – Antithesis 2. foamy flake ,golden gravel –Alliteration Stanza - 9 1) All along, men may – Alliteration 2) Men may – Repetition 3) Com ................go – Antithesis. Stanza - 10 1) I (Line – 1,2 and 3) – Anaphora. Stanza - 11 2) 1) I slip, I slide, ZI gloom, I glance – Asyndeton 3) 2) Skimming swallows – sandy shallows – Alliteration Stanza - 12 1) Murmur – Onomatopoeia. 2) 2) Line – 2 and 3 – Anaphora. Stanza – 14. 1) And out again I curve and flow – Inversion, 2) Men…may – Alliteration 3) Men… may – Repetition. Anaphora is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech. It can be used in novels and short stories, but it's most commonly seen in poetry, essays, and formal speeches. Inversion, also known as anastrophe, is a literary technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. Asyndeton is derived from a Greek word asyndeton which means unconnected. It is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. Antithesis is two , phrases or ideas that contrast or have opposite meanings. Love, for example, is the antithesis of hate. Young is the antithesis of old.

Onomatopoeia is a fancy term for a word that mimics a sound. For example: 

buzz Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Simply knowing the definition, however, is not sufficient. Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.