All Figure of Speech from Class 11 Poem-Upon Westminster Bridge

Are you searching for – All Figure of Speech from Class 11th Poem – Upon Westminster Bridge

Then you are at Right Place.

The Complete and Official Information of All Figure of Speech from Class 11th Poem – Upon Westminster Bridge

Contents hide

1 All Figure of Speech from Class 11th Poem – Upon Westminster Bridge 2023

1.1 Share this:

1.2 Related

All Figure of Speech from Class 11th Poem – Upon Westminster Bridge 2023

We are giving Line wise Figure of Speech.

Questions	Answers
1. Earth has not anything to show more fair	Hyperbole : Here poet wants to tell us that there is nothing more beautiful than the early morning view of the city of London from the Westminster Bridge.
2. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by	Inversion : The words in the linehave been rearranged for poetic effect.
3. A sight so touching in its majesty	Alliteration : The sound of the letter ‘s’ is repeated.
4. This city now doth, like a garment, wear	Personification : In this line city has been compared to a person wearing clothes.
5. This city now doth, like a garment, wear beauty of the morning	Simile : In this line there is a direct comparison between the beauty of the morning and a piece of cloth.
6. Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie	Alliteration : The sound of the letter ‘t’ is repeated.
7. Never did sun more beautifully steep	Inversion : The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect.
8. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour.	Hyperbole : Here the poet declares that the effect of the morning sun on the city of London creates a beauty that has “never” been experienced before Clearly, this is an exaggerated statement.
9. In his first spledour, valley, rock, or hill	Personification : In this line Sun has been personified using the male pronoun his and has thus been considered to be a living being.
10. Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep !	Hyperbole : In this line poet wants to tell that sense of calmness never felt before. thisi is an exaggerated statement. Inversion : The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect.
11. The river glideth at his own sweet will	Personification : The river has been given human quality of having its own ‘will’.
12. Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep;	Personification : The houses are given the animate quality of sleeping.