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प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:
How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare.
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.
(1) How does the poet describe the face of peace?
(2) Do you think there is a way out of the war-ridden world? What is it?.
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
"I met her yesterday
on my winding way."
(4) The poet asks the question and herself answers it. What effect does it create in the extract?
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उत्तर
1. The poet describes the face of peace as a wonderful face just like a golden flower which is faded before its time.
2. Peace is the only way out of the war-ridden world. We should work hard and together to achieve peace in this wonderful world.
3. Alliteration: The consonant sound of ‘w’ is repeated for poetic effect.
OR
Personification: Peace is personified as the poet describes her meeting with peace.
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