“I am an orphan, roaming the street, I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet. The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet” (a) What is Amanda up to in this stanza? (b) How does it help Amanda to be an orphan?
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I am an orphan, roaming the street,
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
(a) How come silence is golden?
(b) Give a synonym of ‘roaming’.
(c) What is Amanda upto in this stanza?
(d) What poetic device is used in this stanza?
Answer:
(a) Silence is shown golden using the poetic device metaphor. By making silence golden the poet is estimating the worth of silence. For Amanda seeks peace and calmness, which is absent in her reality.
(b) Wandering.
(c) Amanda is again taking refuge in her imagination. Here, she wishes to be an orphan, away from her nagging parents. Amanda wants to roam aimlessly in streets and draw patterns using just her bare feet.
(d) The poet uses metaphor such as ‘orphan’, ‘silence is golden’, and ‘freedom is sweet’.
(a) In this stanza, Amanda is imagining herself as an orphan who has no parents to nag her.
She is not wearing any shoes and is walking barefoot on the street. She is playing with the dust and is using her feet to draw patterns in it.
(b) Amanda feels that her parents nag her a lot. She is not able to do anything in peace, without being interrupted. She wants the freedom to live without getting continuous instructions from her parents. The only way to enjoy that freedom is in her thoughts and dreams. So, she imagines herself as an orphan and tries to escape from reality. It probably gives her temporary relief to be in her own imaginative world.
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