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Question
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
That for themselves a cooling covert make
"Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with the sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms;
..................
(a) Identify the poem and the poet.
(b) What is the role of the clear rills?
(c) How has the mid forest brake become rich?
(d) Name the figure of speech in 'cooling covert'.
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Solution
a. The poem is ‘A thing of Beauty’ and the poet is John Keats.
b. The clear rills refer to clear and small streams of water which make a cooling shelter for themselves against the hot season.
c. The thick mass of ferns with their beautiful musk roses makes the mid forest become rich in beauty.
d. Cooling covert is an alliteration
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