Inchcape Rock

Figure of speech

1)No stir in the air, no stir in the sea

Ans :-Repitition

2)The ship was as still as she could be

Ans :- Alliteration

3)Her sails from heaven received no motion

Ans :- Personification ( ship is personified)

4)Her sails from heaven received no motion,Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Ans :- Repetition. (Repetition of word-Her -Her)

5) Without either sign or sound of their shock

Ans :-Alliteration (Repetition of sound S-S in sign -sound)

6)So little they rose, so little they fell,

Ans:-Repitition (so little-so little)

7)And over the waves its warning rung

Ans :-Alliteration (repetition of consonantal sound w -w)Ans -Inversion (it’s warning rung over the waves)

8)When the Rock was hid by the surge’s swell,

Ans :- Alliteration (repetition of consonantal sound S-S)

9)The mariners heard the warning bell;

Ans :-Onomatopoeia (Hearing the sound of the warning bell)

10)The Sun in heaven was shining gay

Ans :- Personification (Sun was shining in gay-ie happily)

11)The sea-birds scream’d as they wheel’d round

Ans:- Alliteration (repetition of sound S -S)

12)His heart was mirthful to excess,But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.

Ans :- Repetition (Mirth)

13)Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound.

Ans :- Inversion (The bell sunk down with a gurgling sound.—words order has been changed)

Ans – Onomatopoeia ( gurgling sound)

14) The bubbles rose and burst around;Ans -Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound -b-b)

Ans -Onomatopoeia (bursting sound)

15)He scour’d the seas for many a day;

Ans – Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound -s-s )

16) He steers his course for Scotland’s shore

Ans :-Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound -s-s )

17)On the deck the Rover takes his stand,

Ans :- Inversion ( the Rover takes his stand on the deck)

18)So dark it is they see no land.

Ans :- Inversion ( It is so dark they see no land)

19)Now where we are I cannot tell

Ans :- Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound w-w)

Ans -Inversion (I can not tell where we are)

20)They hear no sound, the swell is strong;

Ans -Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound s-s-s)

21)Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,-

Ans -Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound s-s-s)

22)O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!’

Ans -Apostroph ( Addressing to O Christ)

23)The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

Ans :- Ans -Alliteration (repetition of the consonantal sound s-s)

Ans -Onomatopoeia (while sinking it makes sound)

25)One dreadful sound could the Rover hear

Ans – Inversion.( Word order changed -The Rover Could hear one dreadful sound)

26)The Devil below was ringing his knell.

Ans :- Metaphor ( indirect comparison with devil)Archaic words /ArchaismAns -Wheel’d round,joyance,Quoth,plunder’d store,Hath,

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