Question

2. What has the poet learned? *
1 point
The poet has learned to climb mountains.
The poet has learned to wear many faces.
The poet has learned to be happy.
None of the above.
 
This is a required question
3. What is a "fixed portrait smile"? *
1 point
A sad smile.
A natural smile.
An artificial smile for a portrait.
An innocent smile.
4. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "I have learned to wear many faces like dresses.....". *
1 point
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
5. The poem "The Road Not Taken" is written by_______________. *
1 point
Robert Frost
Gabriel Okara
William Blake
Rabindra Nath Tagore
6. Which one of the following poems has been written by William Blake? *
1 point
The Prayer of the Woods
The Echoing Green
On Friendship
Once Upon A Time
7. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "… the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun……" *
1 point
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
None of the above
8. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "Many sisters and brothers, like birds in their nests, are ready for rest...." *
1 point
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
None of the above
9. Give the rhyme scheme of the following lines. *
1 point

aabb
abab
abcb
abcd
10. Name the poem from which the following lines have been taken. *
1 point

Once Upon A Time
On Friendship
The Road Not Taken
Father Returning Home​

Answer 1

The answers to the following questions are:

Explanation:

1. What has the poet learned?

• The question is from the poem 'ONCE UPON A TIME' written by GABRIEL OKARA.

• In this poem, the poet learned to wear many faces. (option b)

2. What is a "fixed portrait smile"?

• The question is from the poem 'ONCE UPON A TIME' written by GABRIEL OKARA.

• In the given line 'fixed portrait smile' means an artificial smile for the sake of the portrait.

• Therefore, the meaning of 'fixed portrait smile' is 'an artificial smile for portarits' (option c)

3. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "I have learned to wear many faces like dresses.....".

• The figure of speech used is Simile. (option c) - "faces like dresses."

• A Simile is a poetic device used to compare things with the words 'as' and 'like.'

4. The poem "The Road Not Taken" is written by_____.

• The poem "The Road Not Taken" is written by Robert Frost. (option a)

5. Which one of the following poems has been written by William Blake?

• The poem written by Wiliam Blake is The Echoing Green. (option b)

6. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "… the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun……"

• The figure of speech used in this line is a personification. (option a)

• The shade is personified with the human attribute 'friendly.'

7. Name the figure of speech used in the line: "Many sisters and brothers, Like birds in their nests, are ready for rest...."

• The figure of speech used in this line is Simile. (option c)

• In this, sisters and brothers are compared to the birds in the nest.