CLASS 10
A LETTER TO GOD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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New coins
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Ten cents coins
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Five cents coins
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Hailstones
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Detailed explanation-1: -The narrator uses the metaphor of “pearls” to describe the hailstones, for they looked as white and shiny as pearls. He calls them “frozen” because they are made up of ice. Also, one may note how the narrator had stated that the hailstones did resemble “new silver coins".
Detailed explanation-2: -(b) ‘The frozen pearls’ refers to hailstones.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unexpectedly, strong winds started blowing, leading to a hailstorm. Satirically the writer refers to these pellets of frozen rain as new silver coins. The innocent boys became playful and went out in the rain to play and collect these hailstones which looked like “frozen pearls".
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: raindrops are compared to frozen pearls here as loencho thought it would bring more prosperity to him by making a better harvest.