Question

We shall set up schools-all sacred temples for us

And proudly thump our shoulders and utter The name of this land of ours, Bharat.

(a) Name the poem and the poet.

(b) Identify the literary device used in line 1.
(c) Proudly thump our shoulders means​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans. In the given line the poet has compared schools to sacred temples. Schools are sacred temples because as people go to temples considering them sacred places where they can get God's blessings , peace and prosperity, similarly children go to schools to get the blessings of their "gurus" , knowledge and all such trainings which would help them to develop into enlightened citizens.

The poetic device used in the line is metapho