Question

VII. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow. (Attempt any four out of five questions)

When the humid shadows lover Over all the starry spheres, And the melancholy darkness Gently weeps in rain tears,

1) What time of the day is discussed in the given stanza?
a) Early morning
b) after noon
c) night
d) none of these
2) Where is the poet when it is raining? a) In his cottage
b) in his school
c) in his office
d) in his hostel
3) The rhyme of the given stanza is
a) Abcb
b) aabb
c) abaab
d) abba
4) The word "hover' does not correspond with
a) Linger
b) float
c) stable
d) movement
5) Which is the figure of speech in the last line in the given stanza?
a) Anaphora
b) personification
c) paradox
d) Pun ​

Answer 1

1.Night

2.in his hostel

3abaab

5.pun