CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The poetic device used in this line’ I pattern soft dust with my hushed bare feet’ is metaphor. Here Amanda is comparing herself to an orphan child who roams here and there bare feet, leaving footprints on the dust of the street.

Detailed explanation-2: -Moreover, she is so fed up of these constant instructions from her mother, that she says silence is golden which means that silence is very crucial and precious. She further says that freedom is sweet. This means she never feels free when she is with her mother.

Detailed explanation-3: -Amanda says so because she wants to roam around in the street alone and pattern dust with bare feet. She finds silence golden and freedom is sweet. C) The speaker wants to be orphan because she yearns for leading a carefree life without any restrictions of her parents or elders. She wants solitude and peace.

Detailed explanation-4: -She wants to roam around in the street alone and pattern dust with her bare feet. She finds silence ‘golden’ and freedom ‘sweet’. It is for this reason that she calls herself an orphan. Q.