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” Poetic Devices, , Alliteration: A figure of speech in which consonants at the beginning of words or stressed syllables are, , repeated., «They pace in sleek chivalric certainty., , . Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool, , + Willgo on prancing, proud and unafraid,, , Contrast: The juxtaposition of disparate or opposed images, ideas, or both to heighten or clarify theme or, episode., , + Meek Aunt Jennifer and the proud tigers, Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work is called imagery., « Bright topaz denizens of a world of green., They do not fear the men beneath the tree;, + The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band, Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand., Metaphor: A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another. A comparison is usually, implicit whereas in simile, it is explicit., , * Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. (‘bright topaz’ indicates a, tiger's coat and ‘a world of green’ means a forest/nature,), Personification: The attribution of human, , * Aunt Jennifer's tigers Prance across a, Prancing), The tigers in the Panel that she made, , Will go on Prancing, proud and unafraid, (embroidered tigers are given the human characteristic of, being proud and fearless), , Pun: A figure of speech which involves a play upon words., * When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie, , Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by. (the wedding ring and also to be surrounded by, difficulties), , Repetition: A repetition of sounds, words, phrases, , Many types. Specifically, a repetition of initial we, , * They do not fear the men beneath the tree, They pace in sleek chivalric certainty., , yellowish orange colour like the, , qualities to inanimate objects is called personification., screen, (embroidered tigers are given the human characteristic of, , or stanzas that create a certain effect. Repetition is of, ords or phrases is called anaphora,, , Scanned with CamScanner

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(8) Rhyme scheme: The poem has three stanzas of the following rhyme scheme, AABB CCDD EEFF,, , (9). Symbol and symbolism: A symbol is an object, animate or inanimate,, something else., , ¢ — The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band (Uncle as the symbol of patriarchy and the wedding band, as a symbol of the institution of marriage.), , ¢ — Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand. (Aunt Jennifer as a symbol of female oppression), , Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen (The tigers as symbols of nature, freedom and bravery), , Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her wool. (Aunt Jennifer's fluttering fingers as a Symbol of the, pain and suffering inflicted on women.), , * — The tigers in the panel that she made (The embroidery as a:symbol of art.), , (10) Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole, and thus, something else is understood, within the thing mentioned., , which represents or stands for, , ., , When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands willlie (hands' stand for the entire person), , (11) Transferred epithet: Also known as hypallage, this is d figure of speech in which the epithet is transferred, from the appropriate noun to modify another to which it does not really belong., , * When Auntis dead, her terrified hands will lie (‘terrified’ stands for the person but qualifies ‘hands’ here), , & Learnings, , (1) Domestic life is not always peaceful., , (2) Humans are mortal but art is immortal., , (3) Life must be lived with as much fearlessness as possible., (4) Women bear many ordeals in a marriage., , (8) Patriarchal attitudes to women must change., , (6) Creativity/art makes life bearable., , (7) One can make art under any circumstances., , Scanned with CamScanner