What is the style and diction used in the poem "The Frog and the Nightingale?

"The Frog and the Nightingale" is written as a third person narrative, meaning that the voice telling the story is looking on and relating the action without any involvement. Readers are taken through the series of events as they happen, as if they were watching in real time. The diction, or word choice for the poem, is clear and simple and very e pressive. The description of the frog!s voice and the reaction to it is vividly portrayed" "the crass cacophony #lared out...Neither stones nor prayers nor sticks, insults or complaints or #ricks stilled the frog!s determination..." There is no $uestion what the croaks that went "awn and awn and awn" sounded like, or how the listeners felt a#out it% &ikram 'eth is also showing his humor, spelling the rhyming word "on" creatively so that it looks as well as sounds like the rhyme with "dawn." (n the same way, 'eth uses very pictures$ue and understanda#le language to descri#e the nightingale!s song and the reaction to it #y the other creatures in the e panding audience and #y the frog. The rhythmic pattern and rhyme is steady throughout, even as the e act num#er of sylla#les may vary from line to line. What are figures of speech used in "The Frog and the Nightingale?" &ikram 'eth!s poem, "The Frog and the Nightingale," has many different figures of speech )or literary devices* within its lines. The first stan+a of the poem is seen #elow )with the literary device and definition provided within the parentheses.* The part of the poem the literary device e amples are #olded. ,nce upon a time a frog )-ssonance. repetition of a vowel sound within a line of poetry. /ere, the "a" is repeated.* 0roaked away in Bingle Bog )-lliteration. repetition of a consonant sound within a line of poetry. /ere, the "#" sound is repeated.* 1very night from dusk to dawn )-lliteration again2 the "d" sound is repeated.* /e croaked awn and awn and awn )-ssonance again2 the "a" sound is repeated. -lso, repetition is used )as seen with the word "awn" #eing used three times within the line**.

,ther creatures loathed his voice, )3ersonification. the giving of human characteristics to nonliving4nonhuman things. /ere, the other creatures loathe the frog. 5oathing is an emotion allotted to humans, not animals.* 6ut, alas, they had no choice, )3ersonification again2 "they" )the creatures* cannot choose to loathe something or not.* -nd the crass cacophony )-lliterations again2 the "c" sound is repeated. 6lared out from the sumac tree )No literary device.* -t whose foot the frog each night )-lliteration again, the "f" sound is repeated.* Minstrelled on till morning night )-lliteration again, the "m" sound is repeated.* 3ersonification is seen throughout the rest of the poem where the frog and the nightingale are given the a#ility to speak to each other. 3ersonification is also seen when the emotions of the animals is mentioned.