Question

‘Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows. Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down books on the shelf.
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.’

a) What does the poet request in the above lines?
b) Which actions of the wind are mentioned here?
c) Which poetic device has been used in the above lines?

Answer 1

Poet requests winds to come slowly , not to break the shutters of the windows , not to scatter the papers and not to throw down the books on the shelf

Answer 2

Answer:

a) The poet requests the wind to come softly.

b) The wind breaking the shutters of the windows, scattering the papers and throwing books down from the shelf are mentioned here.

c) Poetic device - Anaphora