how would you deal with the people who grumble? . From the poem ‘The Grumble Family’ what kind of behaviour does the poet want the readers to possess? Literary devices: Anaphora An anaphora is a technique where several phrases (or verses in a poem) begin with the same word or words.
e.g. They growl at the rain and they growl at the sun; Epithet An epithet is an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or the thing mentioned. e.g. grumble family complaining street C.
Answer the following: . And whether their station be high or humble,… Pick out the alliteration from the above line. . Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.
. The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy Complaining Street. Pick out the rhyming words and identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.
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