ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Continuous as the stars that shine ____ Which figure of speech is the above line?
A
Onomotopia
B
Personification
C
Simile
D
Alliteration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -2) “Continuous as the stars that shine.”-Here, Wordsworth compares the endless rows of daffodils with countless stars. B. Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common.

Detailed explanation-2: -4. “Continuous as the stars that shine” is another example of a simile.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personification is also used in the 6 line “Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”-here as the daffodils are said to be dancing in the breeze, they referred to as a person. The poet personified daffodils are dancing as a man.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the simile in the first verse? An: I wandered lonely as a cloud‟, is the simile in the first verse.

Detailed explanation-5: -His speech abounds in similes and metaphors. Similes : ‘My words are like the stars that never change.

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