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Choose the best option in the following statements.

In the end of stanza 1, there is a disappointing contrast to the joy described earlier. What is this poetic device called?


In Oxymoron, there is a combination of two contradictory terms in a conjunction phrase.

Antithesis contains the combination of opposite concepts in a phrase.


Transferred Epithet is the shifting of a modifier from one noun to the other.


The climax is the turning point of a narrative work which is the most dramatic part or highest point. the poem sees a shift after the miss of the catch. Earlier, he was lost in the beauty of summer, but the line "All was peace...till I bungled that catch" proves to be the turning point of the poem. Hence, option D is the correct option.

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Look at the picture and complete the table


























Interpret the scene Reaction



of the audience Reaction of



the commentator Feelings of



the audience



His feelings about himself



 2

Read this stanza from the song Fall of a Hero

My pride is pulled down,


It's a good cause for a laugh


Look deep inside my soul with pain,


Witness the fall of a hero


I lived the fall, and I tasted all Witness the fall of a hero Don't wanna live anymore


Ø Do we create superheroes and topple them?


Ø Do we also become insensitive to their feelings?


Discuss in groups and share your views with the class.


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Choose the best option in the following statements.

The main focus of Stanza 2 is the narrator's


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Choose the best option in the following statements.

On her not a girl is a patch. What does this imply?