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The poet has used many poetical devices in the last line in order to draw the reader’s attention to it. (a) What typographical deviation is used in the last line? (b) Why, do you think, has he used this deviation? (c) What figure of speech is used in this line? (d) Why does the poet want the grave to keep shut? (e) How does the line end? |
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Answer» (a) It is a single exclamatory sentence, unlike the rest that are in stanzas and is written as observations and rhetorical questions. (b) He has used that form as an answer to all those questions and feelings he has outlined in the stanzas. (c) A hyperbole. It’s an exaggerated statement highlighting the shame the poet is experiencing. Surely, a grave will not open and his mother will not come to life to put him to shame. (d) If his mother were to see him now, or women were to see mankind now, she/they would be ashamed. (e) The line ends with a regretful plea that the grave should remain shut. |
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