CLASS 10
FOR ANNE GREGORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Oxymoron
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Alliteration
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Assonance
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Apostrophe: In this poem, the poet follows the device of the apostrophe as he is addressing himself to Anne Gregory, but we the readers never see her at any point in the poem. Metaphor: In this poem, the poet uses the device of metaphor on the 4th line when he compares Anne Gregory’s hair with the ramparts of a castle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphor: Definition: A metaphor is a literary device used to represent a comparison without using the words “like” or “as”. In the poem, the phrase ‘honey-coloured ramparts’ is an example of a metaphor. Yeats, through the metaphor, compares Anne Gregory’s hair to the walls of a fort.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: (a) She can dye her hair with brown, grey or carrot colour. Question 5.
Detailed explanation-4: -The phrase ‘your yellow hair’ is an example of alliteration. Yeats uses alliteration to enhance the musical quality of his poem.