Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 'What dost thou do here?' the Bishop he said, 'I prithee now tell to me', 'I am a bold harper', quoth Robin Hood, 'And the best in the north countree'. 'O welcome, O welcome!' the Bishop he said, 'That music best pleaseth me.' 'You shall have no music', quoth Robin Hood, 'Till the bride and the bridegroom I see'. With that came in a wealthy knight, Which was both grave and old, And after him a finikin lass, Did shine like glistening gold. 'This is no fit match', quoth bold Robin Hood, 'That you do seem to make here; 'For since we are come into the church, The bride she shall choose her own dear'. Which literary device has been used in the expression - ‘Did shine like glistening gold' ?
The expression "Did shine like glistening gold" employs the literary device known as a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words "like" or "as" to highlight a particular quality or characteristic shared by the two. In this case, the phrase compares the way the "finikin lass" shines to "glistening gold," using the word "like" to draw a direct comparison. This…Read More
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