Question

Some are meet for a maiden's wrist, Silver and blue as the mountain mist, Some are flushed like the buds that dream On the tranquil brow of a woodland stream, Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves To the limpid glory of new born leaves. 1. Give one example each of simile and alliteration from the above extract.

Answer 1

Answer:

Simile: flushed like the buds

Alliteration: mountain's mist

Explanation:

The following excerpt is from The Bangle sellers a poem written by Sarojini Naidu.

The literary devices used in the poem are:

• Simile: Simile is a literary device. The subject of the poem is described by comparing it to another object or subject, using 'as' or 'like'.

Here, in the poem, the simile flushed like the buds is used. Two separate things (bangles and buds) are compared here for a quality that is identical (rosiness).

• Alliteration: Alliteration is a literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other.

Here, in the poem, mountain's mist is used.

Answer 2

1. Simile

• A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things directly.
• Similes highlight the similarities between two things by using comparison words like "like," "as," "so," or "than".
• The poet describes the colours suitable for young maidens using similes in lines 2 and 3: "silver and blue as the mountain mist" and "some are flushed like the buds that dream."

2. Alliteration

• Alliteration is a poetic device that refers to the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more words in a sentence.
• We can see that the sound 'm' is repeated twice in line 2- "silver and blue as the mountain mist"
• "mountain mist" is next to each other in the stated line
• This is called alliteration.

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