CLASS 9
RAIN ON THE ROOF
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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PERSONIFICATION
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SIMILIE
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TRANSFERRED EPITHET
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NONE OF THE ABOVE
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transferred Epithet: When an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. e.g. “melancholy darkness”, “dreamy fancies”, “darling dreamers”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Alliteration is used in the poem ‘Rain on the Roof’, where the letter ‘L’ is repeated in the words ‘lie listening’. Transferred epithet is used in the words ‘melancholy darkness’ as the sadness of a person in dark is transferred to the ‘darkness’ here.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hyperbole is there in the phrases ‘And a thousand recollections’, ‘And a thousand dreamy fancies’.
Detailed explanation-4: -’dreamy fancies’ – it does not mean that the fancies are dreamy but refers to the people who have dreams. Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound in two or more consecutive words.