Question

Read the extract (poem) and answer the questions that follow- (1×5=5)

He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,

And stares with his brilliant eyes

At the brilliant stars.

i) Whose voice is heard at last?

a) Visitors

b) Guards

c) Patrolling cars

d) All of the above

ii) The literary device used in ‘He’ is-

a) Simile

b) Metaphor

c) Personification

d) Metonymy

iii) Why does he stare at the stars?

a) He is attracted by the shining stars

b) He longs for freedom

c) He is angry

d) All of the above

iv) What is the literary device used in the last two lines?

a) Alliteration

b) Anaphora

c) Personification

d) Repetition

v) What is the rhyme scheme used in the stanza?

a) acab

b) abab

c) abba

d) abcb​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1answer is patrollingcars

Answer 2

Answer:

i) - c) Patrolling cars

ii) - b) Metaphor

iii) - b) He longs for freedom

iv) - d) Repetition

v) - d) abcb