English Topic: Poems Quiz - Zeal Study

English: Poems & Poetic Devices

TET / TRB / TNPSC Preparation (15 Questions)

1. Identify the figure of speech: "The river is a wanderer."
Answer: Metaphor (Direct comparison without 'like' or 'as')
2. "I am Every Woman" - Who is the poet of this poem?
Answer: Rakhi Nariani Shirke
3. Identify the figure of speech: "Life is like a dream."
Answer: Simile (Comparison using 'like')
4. What is the rhyme scheme of the words: "Day, May, Sky, Fly"?
Answer: aabb (Day/May-a, Sky/Fly-b)
5. "The Ant and the Cricket" - What does the Cricket represent?
Answer: Lazy people who don't plan for the future
6. "Don't ever try to saw her pride, her self-respect." - Here 'saw' means:
Answer: To cut or hurt (மதிக்காமல் குறைத்து மதிப்பிடுதல்)
7. Identify the figure of speech: "O Death! Where is thy sting?"
Answer: Apostrophe (Addressing something non-human directly)
8. In the poem 'Life', how does the poet want to live his life?
Answer: With a forward face and unreluctant soul
9. "The sun is a golden ball." Identify the figure of speech:
Answer: Metaphor
10. "A sonnet" consists of how many lines?
Answer: 14 lines
11. Identify the figure of speech: "The thirsty earth soaks up the rain."
Answer: Personification (Giving human quality 'thirsty' to earth)
12. Who wrote the poem 'The Secret of the Machines'?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling
13. In 'The Special Hero', who is the hero?
Answer: The poet's father
14. Identify the figure of speech: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Answer: Oxymoron (Two contradictory words together)
15. "No Men are Foreign" emphasizes:
Answer: Universal Brotherhood
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