Question

a.
5. The muslin sari, when worn out, was handed over to
the market.
b. nieces and daughters-in-law.
c. daughters and nieces.
d. none of the above
5. "The looms of Bengal silenced' is an example of
a. hyperbole.
b. personification.
c. assonance.
d. none of the above​

Answer 1

Answer:

d. none of above, b, personification

Answer 2

Answer:

The questions are in reference to the poem 'The Dacca Gauzes' by Angha Shahid Ali, and their answers are given below.

Explanation:

1. The muslin sari, when worn out, was cut into various handkerchiefs and was distributed among nieces and daughters-in-law (option c). In the poem, the narrator narrates about a lovely Dacca muslin sari that his grandmother and many other people from her generation used to wear. She claims that creating such a muslin is now a dead art. It has been so long that the sari that the grandmother received as dowery after her marriage was worn out, cut and used, and handkerchiefs, but even those were lost.
2. "The looms of Bengal silenced" is an example of personification (option b). Personification is a poetic device that attributes human-like attributes to inanimate objects or ideas to make an idea more coherent for a reader to understand.

The poem The Dacca Gauzes attempts to recollect an art form that was a thriving part of a population's identity but was killed by the foreigners.