Question

Don’t bite your nails, Amanda! Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda! Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
(There is a languid, emerald sea, Where the sole inhabitant is me –
A mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanzas?
aaa bcbc (c) aaba ccc abab ccc (d) aaba bcb
Allusion is a kind of literary device. The poetess has used it when she
Compares sea to emerald
Says that Amanda wants to be a mermaid
Repeatedly uses Amanda
Uses the consonant sound of ‘s’ in the third line
Amanda’s mother wants her daughter
to bite her nails
to hunch her shoulders
to slouch
to sit up straight
Amanda imagines herself to be sole inhabitant of
a street near sea shore
a tranquil tower
a deep green sea with languid water
a house where she is living at present
The word which means same as ‘to raise’ is ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

to bite her nails

to hunch her shoulders

to slouch

to sit up straight

Amanda imagines herself to be sole inhabitant of

a street near sea shore

a tranquil tower

a deep green sea with languid water

a house where she is living at present

The word which means same as ‘to raise