LIST OF IMPORTANT POETIC DEVICES for CBSE XII

Topic Presentator : Manas Ranjan Baboo

1. SIMILE : Its a figure of speech where we do find the comparison between two distinctly different things by using "like & as" . Ex : My love is like red red rose.                                                                                                          : Indian soldiers are as brave as lions.                                                                                            : He is as big as an elephant
2. METAPHOR : It is a figure of speech unlike SIMILE where two distinctly different things are compared explicitly without the use of "like & as."  Ex : My love is red red rose.                                                                                                          : Indian soldiers are lions.                                                                                                                  : He is an elephant
3. PERSONIFICATION : In personification non-living things are given human attributes/human like qualities. Ex: Trees sprinting(means trees running) In my mother at sixty six trees are described as sprinting or running.                                                                                                                    Ex: Uncle's wedding band sits heavily on aunt's hand(My mother at sixty six). Here wedding band can not sit any here literally but it is personification of marital obligation and responsibilities.
4. HYPERBOLE
5. ANAPHORA
6. DICTION
7. SYNECDOCHE
8. TRANSFERED EPITHET
9. OXYMORON
10. IRONY
11. PARADOX
12. ENJAMBMENT
13. IMAGERY
14. IMAGE
15. REPETITION