Question

We could do nothing being sold;

Our only enemy was gold,

a) Who was their enemy?

b) Identify the figure of speech in the above lines.​

Answer 1

Answer:

We could do nothing being sold;

Our only enemy was gold,

a) Who was their enemy?

b) Identify the figure of speech in the above lines.

Answer 2

a) The gold which was gotten as pay off by the jailer, was the genuine enemy.

How is the gold enemy?

• Here the storyteller bemoaned how their palace was caught however it had solid doors, adequate food and a daring skipper.
• It was a result of the covetous traitorous jailer who got gold as a payoff.
• The narrator felt that the gold got as pay off by the jailer was their genuine enemy.

b) The figure of speech used here is personification.

What is personification?

• Personification is the portrayal of a thing or deliberation by the human structure.
• It is because gold, a non-living thing, has been depicted as an enemy.

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