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Comment on the lines that make you visualise the colourful image of the peacock.
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Solution
Below are listed the lines that create a vivid image of the peacock in the mind of a reader.
- The poet, when calls the peacock, “a flash of turquoise”, the mind of the reader is filled with colourful image of the peacock.
- The phrase “the slender neck” portrays the sleek figure of the peacock and the grace with which it poses.
- “A blue shadow” again casts a wonderful image of a peacock.
- The poet talks about the beautiful eyes of the peacock, “Those dark glowing eyes violet fringed with golden amber”.
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