26. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below:
“It sat alone.
What happened there is still today unknown.
It is a very mysterious place,
And inside you can tell it has a ton of space.
But at the same time it is bare to the bone.”
a. Identify the figure of speech employed in the fifth line.
b. Pick out the rhyming words of the given stanza.
c. Identify the poetic device in the first line.
d. Write the rhyme scheme of the above stanza.
e. Identify the literary device in the fourth line
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation:
Pick out the line that indicates the size of the house?
“And inside you can tell it has a ton of space”.
Q. Where is the house?
The house is located on Elm street.
Q. Describe the inside of the house.
It stood all alone with a ton of space inside but bare to the bone
Q. What is unknown to the poet?
What happened inside the house is unknown to the poet,
Q. Is the house fully furnished?
No, the house is bare to the bone i.e. minimally furnished.
Q. Why is the house a mysterious place?
No one knows what is happening inside the house. So it is a mysterious place.
Q. Find out the rhyming words in the above stanza.
alone - unknown - bone
place - space
Q. What is the rhyme scheme mentioned in the above stanza?
a a b b a
2. I drive past the house almost every day.
The house seems to be a bit brighter.
On this warm summer day in May.
It plays with your mind.
a. To whom does ‘I’ refer to?
'I' refers to the poetess Nadia Bush.
b. Pick out the alliterated words in the 2nd line.
Be-bit-brighter- /b/ is alliterated.
Q. When does the poet drive past the house?
The poet drives past the house every day.
Q. What is the season mentioned here?
The summer season is mentioned here.
Q. What does the poet feel about the house?
The poet feels that this house is one of a kind.
Q. What plays with our mind?
The mystery of the house plays with our mind.
Q. Find out the rhyming words in the above stanza.
day - May mind - kind
Q. What is the rhyme scheme mentioned in the above stanza?
a b a c c
Answer:
a) alone - bone , place - space .