Question

(d) Identify the poetic devices in given line "Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears”
(i) Alliteration and Simile
(ii) Metaphor and Alliteration
(iii)Anaphora and Metaphor
(iv)Personification and Anaphora​

Answer 1

Answer:

Option 1 is the correct answer

(Alliteration and Simile)

Explanation:

Alliteration is here because here "B" is repeating.

and

Simile tells the how someone or something looks like

so Here Belinda is compared to Barrel full of Bears .

therefore, Simile also is here.

Answer 2

Answer:

i) Alliteration and simile

Explanation:

Alliteration -

In the given sentence /b/ sound is repeated to make it pleasing and add more beauty or rhythm in the given sentence.

Simile-

One more figures of speech is there in the given sentence and that is simile.

When there is a direct comparison between two things which are completely unlike we can call it simile.

Here in the given sentence Belinda is compared with a barrel.