Question

The weather is always too hot or cold ;
Summer and winter alike they scold.
Nothing goes right with the folks you meet
Down on that gloomy Complaining street.”

e. Mention the figure of speech used in the first line.
f. Give the meaning for the word ‘ gloomy ‘.
g. Bring out the rhyming words for the above given lines.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

e. the figure of speech used is simile

f. the word gloomy means sad and without much hope

g. cold- scold , meet street

Answer 2

e. The figure of speech used is 'Antithesis'.

f. The meaning of gloomy is dull or sad.

g. Rhyming words: meet-street; cold-scold;down-clown;hot-not

• When is Antithesis used?

⇒The figure of speech 'antithesis' is identified when there are two opposite words used in this same line. In the above first line, the words 'hot' and 'cold' are used at the same time. These words stand as antonyms of each other, so the figure of speech will be 'Antithesis'

• The meaning of gloomy means sad or very dull. For example, She was feeling gloomy as she failed her exam.

• The first two pairs of rhyming words (cold-scold;meet-street) are from the lines given. The third and fourth pairs (down-clown;hot-got) are other rhyming pairs.