Directions : Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option. Love came to Flora asking for a flower ---- 1 That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been Rivals for that high honor. Bards of power Had sung their claims. 'The rose can never tower ---- 5 Like the pale lily with her Juno mien' – 'But is the lily lovelier ?' Thus between Flower-factions rang the strife in Psyche's bower. 'Give me a flower delicious as the rose And stately as the lily in her pride' – ---- 10 'But of what colour ?' – 'Rose-red', Love first chose, Then prayed, 'No, lily-white – or, both provide;' And Flora gave the lotus, 'rose-red' dyed, And 'lily-white', the queenliest flower that blows. Identify the poetic devices in Line 1 and Line 10.
Option 2 is the correct answer because it accurately identifies the poetic devices used in Line 1 and Line 10 of the extract. 1. Line 1: Personification - The line "Love came to Flora asking for a flower" uses personification. Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human entities. In this line, "Love" is personified as it is depicted as a being capable of coming to…Read More
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