Question

Q.2.A Read the following poem and answer the questions

Just as it gets dark in the evening and my mother sends me to bed,

I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down

The lane is dark and lonely, and the street

Lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head.

The watchman swings his lantern and walks

With his shadow at his side, and never once

Goes to bed in his life.

I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night,

Chasing the shadows with my lantern


1.) Complete the following sentence

- The watchman swings _________.


2.) Pick out a line which from the above stanza which contains alliteration.


3.) Does the poet really wish to become a watchman?

4.) Lamp stands like a giant with one red eye in its head (Identify the figure

of Speech).


5.) What exactly does the speaker in the poem crave for?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)his lattern and walks

2)I can see through my open window the watchman walking up and down

3)yes

4)Synecdoche

5)for becoming a watchman

Explanation:

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