Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore

Question 1

Which phrase most clearly expresses the speaker’s desire to be mischievous?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: “. . . let us squander our morning in futile songs.”

Question 2

Which line contains an example of personification?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: “My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.”

Question 3

What type of figurative language is used in the line "one single streak of gold from yonder clouds,” and what is its effect?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: It is a metaphor that compares sunlight to gold.

Question 4

What is the effect of the words "the living joy that sang one spring morning, sending its glad voice across an hundred years”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: The personification suggests that the happiness of the past is eternal.

Question 5

What are the effects of the imagery used in this poem? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: The reader can visualize the fields.; B: The reader can imagine the humming sound of the bees.; D: The reader can imagine the sounds of laughter.

Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Answers