Question

Chapter 14
Palanquin Bearers

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,
She sways like a flower in the wind of our song;
She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,
She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
Gaily?, O gaily we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

Softly, O softly we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of our song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide,
She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride.
Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

Sarojini Naidu

Read the extracts and answer the questions with reference to the context:-

1.She skims like a bird on the foam of a steam
She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
Gaily,O gaily we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl ona string.

a.How does tge speaker describe the movements of the bride?
b.What do the Palanquim Bearers do while carrying the bride?
c.Which figures of speech have been used in above lines?

2.Softly,O softly we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of our song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide....

a.Which line tells us that they are taking special care to carry the bride?
b.Identify the figures of speech in the third line.
c.Identify the rhyming pair of words in the given lines.
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Answer 1

Answer:

1.a the speaker describe the movements of the bride as 1.She skims like a bird on the foam of a steam She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.

b. he glid and he sing the bear along with him like a pearl ona string.

2.a