2. Head of iron, tail of wood. (A hammer)
3. I am a lively worker,
I despises lazy boys.
When I see any,
I strike them on the head. (A hammer) A
traditional object puzzle with a "hammer"
is a modern puzzle written for items that have been used in the recent past
. Both riddles do not follow rhymes and are
one-component and one-line riddles. We
can see that only one thing is described in each of the puzzles . The first
puzzle gives information about the shape and appearance of the hammer, while the
second describes the movement and position of the object.
We also find many types of question-and-answer puzzles in modern puzzles
. They are grammatically the same, that is, in the form of interrogative sentences,
interrogative pronouns are formed by words such as "what?", "Why?", "Who".
4. What has a hundre d teeth, but cannot eat? (A saw )
5. Who is very long and thin with a big and heavy head? ( A hammer )
6. What is it that doesn't ask questions, but must be answered?
(A telephone )
7. What is higher without a head than with a head? ( A pillow )[25] There are many complex riddles in the
modern household riddles that involve
rhyming words with many lines .
8. If you want to get rid of dust,
Then I'm surely an absolute must.
From every corner and every nook
I'll suck it out, by hook or by crook. (A vacuum cleaner)[26]
In a four-line one-component puzzle,
its function is more puzzled to indicate the answer . Rhyming words: dust
-must, hook-crook, etc. are an example of a type of full-
rhyming top rhyme of English rhyming riddles . Read more lyrical ro`zg`or parts lied a few examples thereof.
9. Over fields, and woods, and rivers
This voice carries (sometimes quivers).
It is carried by wires
Day and night, it never tires. (A telephone)
10. Your artwork shines within my glow.
I hold other good things you know!
Your mother says to close me up-
Look up high, if you are stuck! (Fridge )
11. Black within and red without
Four corners around about. (Chimney)
In English household items,
it is often the case that there is only one component, that is, only one answer.
Multi- component or multi-answer puzzles are rare.
12. I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up.
The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry.
The third goes away and never returns. (Stove, fire, smoke)
13. An iron horse with a flaxen tail.
The faster the horse runs,
the shorter his tail becomes.
What is it? (A needle and thread)[27]
Stylistic tools play an important role in raising the level of rhetoric of English household items .
There are many types of stylistic devices used in riddles, including metaphor
, simile, personilification,
paradox, and pun. The
metaphorical stylistic device used in all English riddles
also plays an important role in riddles representing household items . The following riddles are
formed using the metaphorical method :
14.With silver fangs it lies in wait,
With piercing force it doles out fate.
Bloodless victims proclaims it might,
Conjoining them ever by only one bite. (A stapler)
15. This is the house with one window in it,
Showing films almost every minute. (A TV set) 16 . A hundred little brother,
They are all alike. Guess them by and by. (The centimeters in a meter)
In the first puzzle, each item of the stapler is compared: an iron
handle - a silver tongue, and the papers on it look like a bloodless victim.
Its main function is to fold the paper and compare it to a dog's bite.
The metaphorical analogy in the second riddle is
described in a very natural and simple way . In the first verse, the television
resembles a house with a window, while in the next verse, its function is described.
Every inch of the tape measure used in the household is
compared to the little brothers, who are very similar to each other . Thus
, we can witness the skillful use of metaphors in each puzzle
.
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