CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

RAIN ON THE ROOF

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What poetic device does the poet use in melancholy darkness?
A
Alliteration
B
Personification
C
Metaphor
D
Assonance
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The line “gently weeps in wet tears” is personification, whereas the phrase “the mournful darkness” is imagery. Explanation: “Melancholy gloom” refers to the ominous skies that promise rain.

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: -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-4: -The poet calls darkness melancholy because it makes him sad. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-5: -Personification: The example is ‘Its silence silences. ‘ The situation has been given the human quality of silence.

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