4. Select an example of Antithesis.
a. Came back thinner, rather poor, but richer by a cherry tree at my door.
b. I found a tree had come to stay.
c. Ripened and jeweled in the sun, hung from a branch just one.
d. The young tree struggle, upward thrust, its arms in a fresh fierce lust.
Answers
The example of antithesis is option a. Came back thinner, rather poor, but richer by a cherry tree at my door.
Other literary devices have been used in the other options. Let us see how:
b. I found a tree had come to stay- This statement is an example of personification (giving human qualities to non-human entities). The poet talks about the tree as if it is human. Humans come and stay, but here the tree has ‘come to stay’ quite like humans do.
c. Ripened and jewelled in the sun, hung from a branch just one- This is an example of anastrophe or inversion (the sentence structure is changed). For example, this sentence could simply have been ‘Just one ripened and jewelled (cherry) hung from a branch’. However, the sentence has been changed for greater effect.
d. The young tree struggle, upward thrust, its arms in a fresh fierce lust- This again is an example of personification. The young tree is seen as a human who is struggling and raising his arms during the struggle.
a. Came back thinner, rather poor, but richer by a cherry tree at my door- This option is an example of antithesis. Antithesis is the placement of two contrasting ideas next to each other. Here the poet talks about being ‘thinner’ and ‘poor’, but also ‘richer’. Antithesis brings out the contrast between ideas, laying emphasis on each one.
Hence option a. Is the correct answer.
(All these lines have been taken from the poem ‘Cherry Tree’ by Ruskin Bond.)
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