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?
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?
In the
entire poem, the poet has made extensive use of similes. Apart from
simile, another poetic device that has been used is repetition. For
example, the repetitive use of the word ‘little’ in the
first stanza to emphasise how everything from the house to Belinda to
her pets were all little. Also, in the seventh stanza, the poet has
made use of incorrect spelling as a poetic device to maintain the
rhyme scheme of the poem. He has chosen to write ‘winda’
instead of ‘window’ as ‘winda’ rhymes with
‘Belinda’, whereas ‘window’ does not. He has
also used alliteration in the poem. For example, in the tenth stanza,
‘Custard’ has ‘clashed’ his
tail with a ‘clatter’ and a ‘clank’.
Similarly, in stanza eleven, the pirate ‘gaped’ at
the dragon and ‘gulped’ some ‘grog’.
In the entire poem, the poet has made extensive use of similes. Apart from simile, another poetic device that has been used is repetition. For example, the repetitive use of the word ‘little’ in the first stanza to emphasise how everything from the house to Belinda to her pets were all little. Also, in the seventh stanza, the poet has made use of incorrect spelling as a poetic device to maintain the rhyme scheme of the poem. He has chosen to write ‘winda’ instead of ‘window’ as ‘winda’ rhymes with ‘Belinda’, whereas ‘window’ does not. He has also used alliteration in the poem. For example, in the tenth stanza, ‘Custard’ has ‘clashed’ his tail with a ‘clatter’ and a ‘clank’. Similarly, in stanza eleven, the pirate ‘gaped’ at the dragon and ‘gulped’ some ‘grog’.
