My Mother at Sixty-Six -"Kamla Das"

METHAPHOR :
A word or phrase that is used in
an imaginative way to show that
somebody/something has the
same qualities as another thing
ASSONANCE :
Eg: a late winter’s
It is characterised by the use of
moon(mother’s pale and
words having similar vowel
withered face has been compared
sounds consecutively.
to winter’s moon as the winter’s
moon is the symbol of death and Eg: doze, open mouthed
ailling beauty)

CONSONANCE :
The use of words with
similar consonant sounds in
PERSONIFICATION :
a sentence or a particular
It the practice of representing
context.
objects, qualities, etc. as
Eg: she was as old as she
humans, in art and literature;
an object, quality, etc. that is Literary looked but soon

represented in this way.

Devices
Eg: Young Trees

ALLITERATION :
The use of the same letter or
sound at the beginning of words
that are close together.
Eg: 1.) My Mother at Sixty-Six
2.) all I said was, see you soon
Smile:
It is an expression which describes a
person or thing as being similat to
someone or something else.
Eg:-
1) like that of a corpse
2) as a late winter's moon
REPETITION :
When a certain word, sentence or
phrase is written more than once
in a poem.
Eg: I did was smile and smile
and smile……