Poem - On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

General English - Unit VII: Literary Works - Figures of Speech, Appreciation and Analysis of Poetry, Lines of Significance (15 Q)

Poem - On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel MCQ Questions


1.
Find the alliteration in the below stanza
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
A.
Takes,Time
B.
Bleeding,Bark
C.
White,Wet
D.
All the above
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ANSWER :
D. All the above
2.
Which figure of speech is used in the line
"It has grown / Slowly consuming the earth"?
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
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ANSWER :
C. Personification
3.
Which figure of speech is evident in the phrase "leperous hide"?
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Alliteration
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ANSWER :
B. Metaphor
4.
The line "The bleeding bark will heal"
contains which figure of speech?
A.
Metaphor
B.
Hyperbole
C.
Personification
D.
Simile
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ANSWER :
C. Personification
5.
"It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out - snapped out
Or pulled out entirely" is an example of which figure of speech?
A.
Anaphora
B.
Epistrophe
C.
Repetition
D.
Alliteration
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ANSWER :
C. Repetition
6.
. Which figure of speech is used in the line
Out of the anchoring earth"?
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Alliteration
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ANSWER :
B. Metaphor