CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -This line is used in the second stanza of the poem, where the dog is compared to mustard “And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard". The poetic device simile is used in the poem to compare the subject to another object or subject.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct option is D Repetition ’Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little grey mouse, she called him Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.

Detailed explanation-3: -The phrases – ‘sharp as Mustard’, ‘mouth like a fireplace’, ‘as brave as a barrel full of bears’, ‘brave as a tiger in a cage’, ‘snorting like an engine’, and ‘clashed his tail like iron in a dungeon’ pirate like a robin – are examples of simile in the poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Oxymoron: In this poem, the poet uses the device of an oxymoron when he writes the phrase ‘pet dragon’. We know that dragons are dangerous creatures, and therefore, cannot be kept as pets.

Detailed explanation-5: -In this poem, the poet uses the device of personification with respect to Belinda’s kitten, mouse and dog. In the 2nd line of the 5th stanza, he gives them all the human ability to speak to and tease another being. They are seen teasing the dragon.