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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may findThee sitting careless on a granary floor,Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hookSpares the next swath and all its twined flowers:(i) Name the poet and the poem from where the above extract has been taken.(ii) Whom has the poet compared Autumn with in the above lines?(iii) Identify the phrase which reveals the comparison.(iv) Name two places where Autumn can be found according to the stanza.(v) Identify and name the poetic device used in the fourth line of the above extract. |
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Answer» (i) Ode: To Autumn , John Keats (ii) woman / a fertile female goddess. Not only because seasons were traditionally personified as female in European art, but also because this season has oh-so-soft hair. (iii) among the store of grain/ sitting carelessly on a granary floor (iv) granary floor, half reaped furrow (v) winnowing wind- alliteration |
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