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प्रश्न
Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play.
Mention the figure speech used in the above line. Give various other examples from the poem.
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उत्तर
- “Like impetuous youth”
- Just like mortal prime
- Still as time
- Like eternity”.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Pick out the rhyming words.
In which way is the reaction of the speaker different from that of the horse? What does it convey?
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Pick out the rhyming words.
What is a tree?
And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
What does the phrase ‘leprous hide’ mean?
What finally happens to the tree in this poem?
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime,
Where is the river flowing to?
If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Pick out the rhyming words.
