CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

RAIN ON THE ROOF

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
And the melancholy darkness
A
ONOMATOPOEIA
B
METAPHOR
C
TRANSFERRED EPITHET
D
PERSONIFICATION
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The line “gently weeps in wet tears” is personification, whereas the phrase “the mournful darkness” is imagery.

Detailed explanation-2: -In ‘melancholy darkness’, the darkness is not melancholy, but it refers to the sad people. 1.Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound in two or more consecutive words. Onomatopoeia: The use of sound words to create a dramatic effect and auditory imagery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: “the melancholy darkness “ is metaphor and “gently weeps in rainy tears . “ is personification .

Detailed explanation-4: -Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things. In the poem, melancholy darkness weeps in rainy tears. Melancholy and tears are specific to humans but are attributed to the darkness. Again, in stanza 2, thousand recollections weave air-threads.

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