CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

AMANDA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(I am an orphan, roaming the street.I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)7) Why is the freedom called sweet here?
A
It is something that is missing in speaker’s actual life
B
Teenagers crave for it much
C
The speaker is not used to it
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -Answer: On Streets of Monroiva.

Detailed explanation-4: -What poetic device is used in the first line?(I am an orphan, roaming the street, I pattern soft dust with hushed, bare feet . The slince is golden, the freedom is sweet ) a. hyperbole.

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