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Sir Qaiser kamran

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Syeda Phool Zehra
THE LAST LEAF
BY O HENRY
Summary
The plot revolves around two artist girls – Sue and
Johnsy - who have their own ‘studio’ in quaint old
Greenwich Village. Johnsy fell ill with pneumonia one
cold November month. The disease seemed to drain
out the last streaks of will and womanly taste from her
being. She lay all day on her bed awaiting her death,
looking out of the window listlessly. In her desperation
Johnsy cried out that her life would betray her the day
the last leaf fell! On the ground floor of Sue’s studio
lived old Behrman. Johnsy busied herself bidding her
final farewell to the world. Days slipped away like sand;
soon and fast, but the last leaf refused to fall off,
determined not to betray its naked host! Rain, shine or
the twilight, nothing could possibly make it part ways
with the vine.
 The young woman waited and she waited still and
then her patience wore off. The concluded that God
didn’t want her in his kingdom and realized that asking
for death was a sin. For the first time through her
illness she asked for her broth without waiting for Sue
to jostle it down her throat. Soon she was her true self
again – up and about! One afternoon as the two girls
sat knitting, Sue broke the news of old Behrman’s
death from pneumonia. He was found cold and wet and
in pain…and beside him was a palette with green and
yellow colors mixed on it. No one had wondered why
the last leaf never fluttered, never moved...Behrman
had finally delivered his masterpiece! He had painted it
the night the last leaf fell!
RHETORICAL DEVICES IN THE LAST LEAF
BY O HENRY

• ALLITERATION:
• In the 8 line the alliteration of /t/ is given.
• In the 59 line the alliteration of /f/ is given.
• In the 70 line the alliteration of /t/ is given.
• In the 94 line the alliteration of /p/ is given.
• HYPERBOLE:
• In the 169 line the word Behrman’s
masterpiece is the hyperbole.
 PERSONIFICATION:
• In line 19 the personification is used which is “Mr.
Pneumonia “.
• In line 126 the personification is used which is
“there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy
leaf”.
ONOMOTOPOEIA:
• In line 31the onomotopoeia is used which is "bosh!”.
• In line 105 the onomotopoeia is used which
is"Vass!".
ANAPHORA:
• In line 49 the anaphora is used is “counting”.
• In line 82 and 83 the anaphora used is ” I”.
• In line 132 the anaphora used is "Dear”.
 PARADOX:
• In line 113 paradox is given.As in the previous lines he
Mr. Behrman was saying that he will not pose for Sue but
after that he said he is ready to pose and he had been
trying to say that for about half an hour . This is the
paradox be he had been negating what he said earlier.
DRAMATIC IRONY:
• Irony is not present in one line it lies in the whole
story .There is a dramatic irony in this story because
Johnsy did not know that Sue had told Mr Behrman about
Johnsy’s illness and about her belief that she will die
when the last leaf will fell.Johnsy and Sue did not know
that the last leaf was not falling because it was the
master piece of Mr. Behrman not the original leaf.
SITUATIONAL IRONY:
• There is also an irony that Johnsy who has lesser chances
of survival because of she had lost all hopes recovered
and Mr. Behrman who was well ,he died because he was
trying to help Sue and her friend,as he was painting the
last leaf for Johnsy in the rain and died of Pneumonia .
 A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever
By JOHN KEATS
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every
morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways.

Some shape of beauty moves away the pall

From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old, and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales that we have heard or
read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.
Nor do we merely feel these essences
For one short hour; no, even as the trees
That whisper round a temple become soon Dear as the temple's self, so does the
moon,
The passion poesy, glories infinite,
Haunt us till they become a cheering light
Unto our souls, and bound to us so fast
That, whether there be shine or gloom o'ercast, They always must be with us, or
we die.
Therefore, 'tis with full happiness that I
Will trace the story of Endymion.
The very music of the name has gone
Into my being, and each pleasant scene
Is growing fresh before me as the green
 Of our own valleys: so I will begin
Now while I cannot hear the city's din;
Now while the early budders are just new,
And run in mazes of the youngest hue
About old forests; while the willow trails
Its delicate amber; and the dairy pails
Bring home increase of milk. And, as the year
Grows lush in juicy stalks, I'll smoothly steer
My little boat, for many quiet hours, With streams that deepen freshly into bowers.
Many and many a verse I hope to write,
Before the daisies, vermeil rimmed and white,
Hide in deep herbage; and ere yet the bees
Hum about globes of clover and sweet peas, I must be near the middle of my story.
O may no wintry season, bare and hoary,
See it half finished: but let Autumn bold,
With universal tinge of sober gold,
My herald thought into a wilderness:
There let its trumpet blow, and quickly dress
My uncertain path with green, that I may speed
Easily onward, thorough flowers and weed.
 RHETORICAL DEVICES IN A THING OF
BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER

• ALLITERATION:
• In the 7 line the alliteration of /b/ is given.
• In the 27 line the alliteration of /p/ is given.
• In the 44 line the alliteration of /s/ is given.
• ANAPHORA:
• In line 9 and 10 the anaphora used is “of”.
• In line 38 and 39 the anaphora used is “Now while”.
• In line 47 the anaphora used is “Many and many”.
• PERSONIFICATION:
• In line 41 the personification is used.
• About old forests; while the willow trails.
• HYPERBOLE:
• In the 22 line “An endless fountain of immortal drink” is the
hyperbole used.
• ACCUMULATION:
• From line 13 to line 16 there is an accumulation of thoughts.