2.4 Have you Earned your Tomorrow - FOS

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 2.4 Have you Earned your Tomorrow

Edgar Guest 

Figures of Speech

  1. Is anybody happier because you passed his way?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

  1. Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

  1. This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through; 

Ans- Alliteration

Ans- The sound is 't' is repeated for poetic effect.

  1. Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

  1. Did you give a cheerful greeting to the 

friend who came along?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

  1. Or a churlish sort of "Howdy" and then 

vanish in the throng?

Ans- Interrogation

  The poet asked questions to create awareness    among readers.

Ans- Alliteration

The sound is 't' is repeated for poetic effect.

  1. Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,

Ans- Inversion

The words are not incorrect close order. The correct cross order is- You were selfish and simple as the way rushed along.

  1. Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Alliteration

The sound is 'd' is repeated for poetic effect.

  1. Can you say tonight, in parting with the days that's slipping fast,

Ans- Personification

The non- living object 'day' has given the quality of human being 'sleeping fast'.

  1. That you helped a single brother of the 

many that you passed? 

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Synecdoche

'Brother' a part represents to whole human being.

  1. Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;

Ans- Synecdoche

'Single heart' a part represents to whole human beings.

  1. Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Antithesis -

To opposite words 'fade' and 'courage' are placed to each other for poetic effect.

Ans- Inversion

The words are not in a correct prose order.

The correct order is - Does a man whose hopes were fading now look ahead with courage?

  1. Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Alliteration

The sound 's' is repeated here for poetic effect.

Ans- Antithesis

The two opposite words 'well'and 'scar' are placed to each other for poetic effect.

  1. Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Antithesis

The two opposite ideas 'kindness' and 'discontet' are represented to each other for poetic effect.

Ans- Metaphor

The quality 'discontet' is indirectly compared with a 'scar'.

  1. As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say,

Ans- Personification

The God has given the quality of 'able to speak '.

  1. You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?

Ans- Interrogation

The poet asked questions to create awareness among readers.

Ans- Antithesis

The two opposite ideas 'tomorrow' and 'today' are represented to each other for poetic effect. 

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