CLASS 9
A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Greedy woman
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They tell them the curious story
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Saint peter cursed the woman
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black as coal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cambridge English Dictionary defines ‘simile’ as ‘(the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words “as” or “like."’ Black as a coal in the flame."
Detailed explanation-2: -“Coal” explores the oppression and liberation of Black people using a metaphor related to coal: a hard, black, organic substance mined from inside the earth. Coal is a form of carbon that has traditionally been used as fuel, but carbon can also turn to diamond when exposed to enough heat and pressure.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this poem, we find a lot of example of simile. e.g. “the children look like bear’s cubs”, “baked it thin as a wafer”, “you shall build as the birds do”, “Black as a coal in the flame”.
Detailed explanation-4: -’Coal’ is divided into three stanzas and is a lyric poem, spoken by Lorde herself, or a speaker who shares many traits with Lorde, at any rate: her blackness, her political activism, and her sexuality.