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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. AndLooked out at young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling Out of their homes, but after the airport’s Security check, standing a few yards Away, I looked again at her, wan, Pale As a late winter’s moon and felt that Old Familiar ache,…………….(a) How can the trees sprint?(b) Why did the post look at her mother again?(c) What did she observe?(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. |
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Answer» (a) As the poet is with her mother in a speeding car, the tree on the roadside seems to be sprinting in the opposite direction. (b) After the security check, the poet looked at her mother again as she was going to part from her and wanted to reassure herself before her departure. (c) She observed her mother’s pale and lifeless face which seemed dull and colourless like the late winter’s moon. (d) Personification; Trees sprinting. |
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