Higher Secondary Course
ENGLISH
CLASS – XII (Poems)
ANY WOMAN- Katharine Tynan
Alliteration Metaphor Anaphora Enjambment Inversion
(Repeated (A direct comparison between two (The repetition of a word or phrase at (in poetry from one line to (normal order of words-
consonant sounds unlike things, stating that one is the beginning of successive clauses) another without terminating reversed)
at the beginning of the other, or does the action of punctuation mark)
words placed near the other.)
each other, usually
on the same line.)
Light of pillars of the house, I am the fire upon the hearth, Take me away, and roof and wall The keystone of the arch
love alive keystone of the arch, I am the light of the good sun, Would fall to ruin me utterly.
fire upon the hearth, I am the heat that warms the earth,
The twist light of the good sun, Which else were colder than a stone. Imagery
that holds heat that warms the earth,
together light of love,
“Warp and woof”
twist that holds together, (imagery for weaving)
sacred ring,
knot of love,
wall against all danger,
wind and snow
ENGLISH
CLASS – XII (Poems)
ANY WOMAN- Katharine Tynan
Alliteration Metaphor Anaphora Enjambment Inversion
(Repeated (A direct comparison between two (The repetition of a word or phrase at (in poetry from one line to (normal order of words-
consonant sounds unlike things, stating that one is the beginning of successive clauses) another without terminating reversed)
at the beginning of the other, or does the action of punctuation mark)
words placed near the other.)
each other, usually
on the same line.)
Light of pillars of the house, I am the fire upon the hearth, Take me away, and roof and wall The keystone of the arch
love alive keystone of the arch, I am the light of the good sun, Would fall to ruin me utterly.
fire upon the hearth, I am the heat that warms the earth,
The twist light of the good sun, Which else were colder than a stone. Imagery
that holds heat that warms the earth,
together light of love,
“Warp and woof”
twist that holds together, (imagery for weaving)
sacred ring,
knot of love,
wall against all danger,
wind and snow