which we live , ............ a We are not built to comprehend a lie , ............ b We can neither love nor pity nor forgive , ............ a If you make a slip in handling us you die !
............ b It has a clear rhyming words with the rhyming scheme abab The rhyme is also clear with the same sound. ) Imagery: E.g. The descriptions create a picture in the reader's mind We can see, hear, count, read and write!
The example explains to us the many tasks that could be completed by the machine. ) Personification : Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes. E.g. We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive ) Assonance: Repetition of two or more vowel sounds E.g.
all we ask ) Connotation: Suggests beyond what it expresses E.g. Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes, ) Alliteration: Repetition of two or more consonant sounds E.g. We can print and plough and weave and heat and light, 10th - - Activity B. Write your favourite stanza from the poem and find the rhyming scheme.
C. Read the poem and find the lines for the following poetic devices or write your own example. Alliteration Assonance Personification Simile 10th - - The telephone, completed by the telephote, is another of our time’s conquests! Though the transmission of speech by the electric current was already very old, it was only since yesterday that vision could also be transmitted.
A valuable discovery, and Francis Bennett was by no means the only one to bless its inventor when, in spite of the enormous distance between them, he saw his wife appear in the telephotic mirror. ‘Francis … dear Francis!...’ His name, spoken by that sweet voice, gave a happier turn to Francis Bennett’s mood. He quickly jumped out of bed and went into his mechanized dressing room. Two minutes later, without needing the help of a valet , the machine deposited