The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.

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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables is known as alliteration.

Five examples of alliteration in the poem are:

‘Sudden sally’

‘Field and fallow’

‘Willow-weed’

‘Golden gravel’

‘Slip, slide’

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You are already familiar with the poetic device “alliteration”. The poet makes extensive use of the same throughout the poem. Pick out as many examples of alliteration as you can.

Example: fast − father’s; horsemen − hard

Q. Pick out examples of alliteration from the poem' Mother and the Mouse'

(a) The poet uses alliteration to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet.

Working in pairs, underline the examples of alliteration in the poem.

(b) Identify Shakespeare's use of personification in the poem.

Answer the following questions:

(a) How does the brook ‘sparkle’?

(b) ‘Bicker’ means ‘to quarrel’. Why does the poet use this word here?

(d) Where does it finally meet the river?

(e) Why has the word ‘chatter’ been repeated in the poem?

(f) ‘With many a curve my banks I fret’ − What does the poet mean by this statement?

(g) ‘I wind about, and in and out’. What kind of a picture does this line create in your mind?

(h) Name the different things that can be found floating in the brook.

(i) What does the poet want to convey by using the words ‘steal’ and ‘slide’?

(j) The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.

(k) ‘I make the netted sunbeam dance.’ What does ‘the netted sunbeam’ mean? How does it dance?

(l) What is the ‘refrain’ in the poem? What effect does it create?

The poet has employed many poetic devices in the poem. For example: “Clashed his tail like iron in a dungeon” − the poetic device here is a simile. Can you, with your partner, list some more such poetic devices used in the poem?

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The poem has many examples of alliteration. List five examples.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables is known as alliteration. Five examples of alliteration in the poem are: ‘Sudden sally’ ‘Field and fallow’ ‘Willow-weed’ ‘Golden gravel’ ‘Slip, slide’

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables is known as alliteration.

Five examples of alliteration in the poem are:

‘Sudden sally’

‘Field and fallow’

‘Willow-weed’

‘Golden gravel’

‘Slip, slide’