Question

34. Read the poetic lines given below and answer the questions that follow: (5x1=5)
And it grew both day and night
Till it bore an apple bright
And my foe beheld it shine
And he knew that it was mine.
i) What is the figure of speech employed in the first line?
ii) Pick out the rhyming words from the stanza.
iii) Identify the rhyming scheme of the above lines.
iv) What does 'apple' signify?
v) Mention the title of the poem and the poet's name.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. personification

b.night,bright; shine,mine

c.aabb

d.apple signifies anger

e.the poison tree

author name: william blake