Question

Weavers, weaving at fall of night (name the following figure of speech) ​

Answer 1

Weavers, weaving at fall of night.

Alliteration – The sound of letter ‘w’ is repeated.

Climax – The words are arranged in the ascending order.

Metaphor- Adulthood (young - the second stage of man) is implicitly compared with the fall of night.

Answer 2

The figure of speech used is Alliteration and Metaphor.

Figures of Speech-

• The line is taken from the poem "Indian Weavers" by the renowned poet and nationalist Sarojini Naidu.
• In the poem, the beauty and hard work of an Indian weaver are appreciated and compared to his human life.
• For the line - "Weavers, weaving at fall of night". The figure of speech used here is Alliteration. As the sound of the letter 'w' is repeated for poetic effect
• The whole poem starts with the birth, midlife, and then death of an Indian weaver and it has been given different comparisons.
• The same line 'Weavers, weaving at fall of the night' also stands as a metaphor for the death of the weaver.
• The fall of the night here represents the last stage of the weaver and is compared directly.
• Thus, two figures of speech 'Alliteration' and 'Metaphor' are used in the line given.

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