Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow : Love is a dream Love is a dream It's gone as we wake up Leaving some moments To be cherished Love is like a wind It embraces us with passion Leaving the scent of fresh flowers tingling our mind BEGE-101 1 P.T.O. Love is like a water bubble Beautiful to see from far Even rainbows are visible But a tender touch will break it Leaving a refreshing sprinkle Love resembles a shadow We try to escape but it follow At times it makes us hollow It disappears with the sun And leaves us in the Nights To Haunt all over again My love races along to your heart than water racing Is all soft and strong Between the mountain and beach (i) Can you find any simile in these lines ? Point out any one. (ii) Give an example of personification. (iii) Give one example of paradox in these lines. (iv) Give an example of repetition in these lines. (v) Give an example of a metaphor.
Answers
i) Simile is a figure of speech which compares one thing with another
Example of simile in the paragraph
Love is dream
Love is like a wind
Love is like a water bubble
ii) Personification is attribution of human characteristics to non-human thing.
Example: My love races along to your heart
Here Love is attributed the human character of racing (means running fast)
iii) Paradox : A paradox contains contradictory yet interrelated statements.
Example: Love resembles a shadow We try to escape but it follows
iv) Repetition: It is the repeating of words or phrases just to add an effect.
Example: Love is a dream Love is a dream
v) Metaphor: It is a figure of speech, in which a word or phrase is given to an object or thing, but it is not literally true.
Example: Love is like a water bubble, love resembles a shadow.