The list of poetic device used in class 12 poems is given below:

• Metaphor “merry children spilling out of their homes”
• Personification “trees sprinting”
• The simile “her face ashen like that of a corpse”
• Symbolism “count to twelve”
• Alliteration “cooling covert”
• Imagery “grandeur of dooms”

The poet’s childhood fear is that of death and decay. She is concerned about her mother’s frail health and old age.

The poet has compared her mother to the "late winter's moon" to convey the idea of her old age. The winter is a traditional symbol of death and moon, particularly the pale one is associated with decay and mood swings. The mother's pale, bloodless and wrinkly face together with her grey hair give her the look of a "late winter's moon".

It seems rather unreal but most people have experienced fear, threat, danger, pounding of the heart, tension of muscles, heightening of senses, and the tension in the mind mounting as if it would explode. These experiences are triggered by any number of situations, where our bodies go into a temporary state of what feels like high alert. This also has an adverse impact on our physical, mental, emotional, and social health.   As stress is an inevitable part of our lives, it is necessary to arm ourselves with the necessary skills to counter stress. We must first acknowledge our stress and use strategies to help us cope better with it. We can engage in activities we enjoy. Physical exercise can be very effective in relieving stress. Spending more time on leisure activities such as sports, hobbies, or evening classes or even simple pleasures like listening to music can help one deal with stress. 

Fantasy is a genre that typically features the use of magic or other supernatural phenomena in the plot, setting, or theme. Magical or mythological creatures often feature, as well as races other than humans, such as elves, dwarves, or goblins.

The Rattrap man happens to get refuge for a night shelter at the Ramsjo Iron works. By chance the owner mistakes him as an old acquaintance and inuites to spend for the Christmas eve but the Rattrap declines his offer. The ironmaster sends his daughter Edla to bring and persuade the mar at their house. Haring milk of human kindness flowing in her body, she finds the peddler in a very miserable condition through her kind, considerate and persuasive power, she gets success in taking the peddler alongwith her. She promises to him to leave as and when he desires. Being a perfect host, she takes every care to make her guest feel comfortable at home. She is a practical and fine observer of people. She immediately tells her father that the peddler seems to be both an uneducated and thief. But the father points out that the stranger will be fine after properly dressed.

When the truth is known, the ironmaster becomes ugly and threatens to call the shrieft. He orders to peddler to leave away at once. But Edla intercedes for the vagabond and lets her father concede for his proper stay till the Christmas Eve. She is against chasing away a person whom they have invited for a promised “Christman Cheer”. Her persuasive powers make the stranger surrender to her wish. She is happy when the peddler leaves for her with a Christmas present and a thirsty kroner note. In his letter to Edla, he thanks for being so, nice to him. He finally thanks her saving him from falling into the “world’s rattrap”. It is thus, the love and understanding brings out a basic human goodness in the peddler.

William O. Douglas was born in 1898 at Maine. After graduating he adopted the profession of teaching but he soon got tired of this job and adopted the legal career. He served in the court as a justice for a longer period of life. Since childhood he had a mind for swimming but he got aversion for water when a wave swept over and buried him. On the second occassion at the age of ten or eleven, a big burly boy tossed him up and threw deep in the pool that created stark fear in his mind. He made three attempts but every time he went down deeper and deeper. He became unconscious when he got up he was vomiting beside the pool.

The terror of water followed him wherever he went. To get rid of it, he made a strong determination. He decided to overcome his fear through his ‘will’. He engaged an instructor who perfected Douglas in swimming. He gave him hundreds of exercises and taught him to exhale and inhale in water. The practice went on for three months and Douglas was able to recede his terror. Then after more exercises, the instructor ordered him to dive himself. He swam across and back the lake. He was now completely out of fear. He stated that a fear is nothing but all we have to fear is fear itself. Its reality it is the “will to live” that removes all our fears, terrors, troubled and difficulties in case we struggle hard and make a strong determination to materialize it.

A thing of beauty gives us eternal and everlasting happiness and leaves an indelible impression on our mind that we are able to relive the wonderful feeling we get from it each time we think about it. It never fades into nothingness and its loveliness increases with each passing moment

The things of beauty mentioned above include a quiet bower, peaceful sleep and quiet breathing. 2. The phrase 'pass into nothingness' means it will never cease to exist but will continue to have a lasting impression. According to John Keats a thing of beauty is a joy of forever. It is a constant source of happiness and pleasure. Its loveliness increases every moment. It will never pass into nothingness. 

Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter to bring your attention to the growing nuisance of auto drivers overcharging in our area. We live in a remote corner from town and the auto drivers always ask for a return fare. I have also noticed that a lot of times the fare from my office to home is different even though the time taken/traffic is almost the same. I need you to raise this concern in your newspaper and also have more traffic inspectors in our area to monitor these auto drivers and have them fined in case they over charge.

thanks ,

In the given poem, the poet notices that her mother is sleeping with her mouth open and that her face is "ashen" like it is of a corpse. The poet realizes that her mother is quite old and looks faded. This makes the poet worried as thinks that her mother might die soon.

When a new stamp is issued, the stamp collectors buy that stamp and use them to the envelops on the very first day of the sale. The new stamp gets the post mark and the date. This is called the “first day cover”. The receiver never opens it because he knows that he has himself just put a blank paper in it. Charley found this type of cover in his stamp-collection.

• Substantial increase in the number of vehicles on Delhi roads in recent years.  In fact, studies have shown more than a lakh vehicles are plying almost every day on most of the important corridors in Delhi.
• The road length in Delhi has increased at the rate of 4.53% per year, which, of course, is not in pace with the growing population. It is reported that the road density in Delhi is around 155 km per 100,000 population and about 80 vehicles per km.
• At the intersections, the cycle time ranges from 120 to 180 seconds, which leads to long queues, especially in the peak hours.
• Another major cause is that Delhi roads are characterised by mixed traffic, which include, personal vehicles, buses, trucks, three-wheelers, two-wheelers, including animal-driven carts and pedestrians. This creates problems for traffic management and leads to delays in movement of the traffic.
• Increase in the growth of the population in Delhi, which includes the growing number of workforce, is another important cause.
• There has been inadequate public transport system in Delhi. In spite of metro and bus services, the transport system is not being able to keep pace with the growing population, as a result of which, more and more people use their private vehicles, leading to increased congestion on the roads.
• Last, but not the least, ongoing construction of Metro network in various locations, damaged roads, repairing roads all contribute to severe traffic congestion in the city.