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प्रश्न
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;
What figure of speech is used in ‘watered it in fears’?
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उत्तर
The figure of speech used here is a ‘metaphor’
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संबंधित प्रश्न
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Pick out the rhyming words.
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. One example is done for you.
| Poetic device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | watch his woods |
| Personification | |
| Repetition | |
| Imagery |
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Why was the ‘foe’ found lying outstretched beneath the tree?
"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you're witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"
List the words used by the spider to describe the fly.
"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “You’re witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"
Why does the spider say that the fly is witty?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?
How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.
Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play.
Pick out the rhyming words.
But I know no better spectacle,
Than a comet in full flight.
Who does 'I’ refer to?
Give a detailed account of the various effects caused by the comet to the earth.
