6. Money


1. Felt I like a child think I.
     Inversion : The words are not arranged in a correct prose order.

     The correct prose order is –
      I think I felt like a child.


2.  Wives do hum like bees.
      Simile : Here, wives are directly compared to bees having similar quality of singing.


3.   When I had money, money o.
       Repetition : Here, there is a repetition of word ‘money’ for musical effect.


4.  Humming like bees.
      Onomatopoeia : Here, sound suggests  the meaning.


5.  Many false man as a friend.
     Antithesis : Here, two words false man and friend have opposite meaning.


6. Poor ones laugh, rich ones frown.
     Antithesis : Here, poor and rich.
     laugh and frown have opposite meaning.


7. Poor men need not go up the rich men should come down.
    Antithesis : Here, poor and rich have opposite meaning.


8. Came knocking all day at my door.
    Alliteration : Here, the sound of ‘d’ is repeated pleasingly for musical effect.


9.  When I had money , o money.
    Repetition : Here, the word money is repeated pleasingly for musical effect.

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