Night on night her tired song Zipped and trilled and bounced along, Till the birds and beasts grew tired At a so uninspired Zipped: sang quickly Literary devices – scheme aa bb cc – Alliteration and beasts’ sound is repeated – ‘birds – ‘b’ Repetition by day’, on night’ – ‘Day With each passing day the nightingale became sad and weak. With each passing day, the bird’s song reflected its tiredness and lack of interest. It sang quickly and would not enjoy singing. The songs were no longer melodious, and the creatures of the bog did not enjoy them anymore. The bird’s voice did not attract crowds any longer. And the ticket office gross Crashed, and she grew more morose For her ears were now addicted To applause unrestricted, And to sing into the All alone gave no delight. Morose: miserable, bad tempered Literary devices – Rhyme scheme aa bb cc – Alliteration morose’ sound is repeated. – ‘more – ‘m’ There was no audience for the nightingale’s concert. This made the bird sad as now, she had got used to the praise from the audience. Now, it no longer enjoyed singing alone all through the night. Now the frog puffed up with rage. "Brainless bird - you're on the stage - Use your wits and follow fashion. Puff your lungs out with your passion." Rage: anger Wits: intelligence Puff: take a very deep breath Passion: show strong emotions Literary devices – Rhyme scheme aa bb – Alliteration bird’ sound is repeated. – ‘Brainless – ‘b’ As the frog’s earnings stopped, it got furious at the nightingale. It called it a ‘brainless bird’ and scolded it. It said that it should realize the importance of performing on a stage and should use its intelligence. It asked the bird to sing according to the choice of the audience and to follow the latest trends. It forced the bird to take very deep breaths and sing with lots of force and emotions. Trembling, terrified to fail, with tears, the nightingale Heard him out in silence, tried, Puffed up, a vein, and died. Literary devices – Rhyme scheme- aa bb Alliteration terrified’ sound is repeated – ‘Trembling, – ‘t’
Night on night her tired song Zipped and trilled and bounced along, Till the birds and beasts grew tired At a so uninspired Zipped: sang quickly Literary devices – scheme – aa bb cc Alliteration – ‘birds and beasts’ – ‘b’ sound is repeated Repetition – ‘Day by day’, on night’ With each passing day the nightingale became sad and weak. With each passing day, the bird’s song reflected its tiredness and lack of interest. It sang quickly and would not enjoy singing. The songs were no longer melodious, and the creatures of the bog did not enjoy them anymore. The bird’s voice did not attract crowds any longer. And the ticket office gross Crashed, and she grew more morose For her ears were now addicted To applause unrestricted, And to sing into the All alone gave no delight. Morose: miserable, bad tempered Literary devices – Rhyme scheme – aa bb cc Alliteration – ‘more morose’ – ‘m’ sound is repeated. There was no audience for the nightingale’s concert. This made the bird sad as now, she had got used to the praise from the audience. Now, it no longer enjoyed singing alone all through the night. Now the frog puffed up with rage. "Brainless bird - you're on the stage - Use your wits and follow fashion. Puff your lungs out with your passion." Rage: anger Wits: intelligence Puff: take a very deep breath Passion: show strong emotions Literary devices – Rhyme scheme – aa bb Alliteration – ‘Brainless bird’ – ‘b’ sound is repeated. As the frog’s earnings stopped, it got furious at the nightingale. It called it a ‘brainless bird’ and scolded it. It said that it should realize the importance of performing on a stage and should use its intelligence. It asked the bird to sing according to the choice of the audience and to follow the latest trends. It forced the bird to take very deep breaths and sing with lots of force and emotions. Trembling, terrified to fail, with tears, the nightingale Heard him out in silence, tried, Puffed up, a vein, and died. Literary devices – Rhyme scheme- aa bb Alliteration – ‘Trembling, terrified’ – ‘t’ sound is repeated
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