ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the figure of speech used in the first line of the poem?
A
Personification
B
Simile
C
Metaphor
D
Alliteration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is ‘Simile’. Refer to the poem: ‘Simile’ is the figure of speech used in “I wandered lonely as a cloud” in this line. Here the poet makes a direct comparison between him and a cloud.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is option 1. Alliteration means the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Detailed explanation-3: -A simile is a figure of speech that describes something to be something else, but uses the words “like” or “as” to do so.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Personification.

Detailed explanation-5: -# You were as brave as a lion. # They fought like cats and dogs. # He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys. # This house is as clean as a whistle.

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