2.1Song of the Open Road-FOS
2.1 Song of the Open Road -Walt Whitman Figure of Speech Examples - 1. Song of the Open Road Ans- Metaphor - ‘Road’ is indirectly compared with ‘Journey of Life’. Ans- Personification - Road is having the human quality of ‘singing’. Or The Road is personified. 2. Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Ans- Inversion - The words are not in a correct prose order. The correct prose order is – ‘I take to the open road afoot and light-hearted’. 3. Healthy, free, the world before me, Ans- Inversion - The words are not in a correct prose order. The correct prose order is – ‘The world before me healthy, free’. 4. The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose…. Ans-Alliteration - The sound of letter ‘l’ is repeated for poetic effect. 5. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune . Ans-Repetition - The word ‘good-fortune’ is repeated for poetic effect. 6. Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing , ...