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Read the following phrases and sentences taken from the poem. Identify the poetic device in each of them and explain what the poet wants to communicate through their usage: (i) But words, like summer birds, depart… (ii) heart, a pilgrim upon earth… (iii) words are of as little worth / As just so many weeds (iv) If words could satisfy the chest… Oft satisfy the least!

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(i) ‘Like summer birds’ illustrates fair-weather promises vanishing in winter. (ii) ‘Pilgrim’ depicts the searching heart. (iii) ‘Weeds’ highlights worthless, abundant speech. (iv) The sharp contrast exposes how spoken words fail to deliver real emotional comfort.

Chapter 7 Words Poem by Charles Swain Solutions

Class 9 English Kaveri Words Poem by Charles Swain Exercise Solutions

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    1. (i) Simile; communicates that flattering, hollow words flee rapidly during adversity just like migratory summer birds leave before cold winter. (ii) Metaphor; communicates that the vulnerable human heart wanders across earthly existence searching for genuine compassion and spiritual comfort. (iii) Simile; communicates that empty verbal declarations are utterly useless, worthless and plentiful like invasive garden weeds. (iv) Antithesis / Paradox; communicates the ironic reality that while words pretend to comfort the heart, they actually provide the smallest relief.

       

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