Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
The garlands wither on your brow;
Then boost no more your mighty deeds !
Upon Death’s purple altar now
See how the victor-victim bleeds.

1. Write the name of the poem from which these lines are taken.
2. Name the poet.
3. What does ‘Death’s purple altar’ refer to ?
4. Identify one figure of speech used in these lines.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)-name of the poem-death the leveller

2)-poet name-james shirley

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Death the Leveller

2. James Shirley

3. Death itself/Abode of death/End of life

4. Oxymoron (The Concept victor never bleeds,  only

the victim bleeds. Here victor  bleeds.So oxymoron..)