CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -We are asked the question of what kind of poetic device has been used and the answer is Anaphora. These lines “ Don’t break the shutters of the windows Don’t scatter the papers” have been taken out from the poem ‘ Wind. ‘ Anaphora is one type of literary poetic device that is used in poems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: metaphor is the correct answer.

Detailed explanation-3: -i. Repetition-The poet has repeated the word ‘crumbling’ throughout the stanza. ii. Alliteration-It is the repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The wind breaks the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers, throws down the books on the shelf, tears the pages of the books and brings the rain.

Detailed explanation-5: -The poem ‘Wind’ is full of moral lessons. The poet has poured out his heart in the present poem. He says that people must be strong at heart because only the weak at heart are troubled by difficulties. Here wind symbolises difficulties that have the power to devastate life on the earth.