“I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern to bicker down a valley.” (a) Explain: ‘I make a sudden sail’.
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Read the extracts given below and answer the following questions:
“I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern to bicker down a valley.”
(a) Explain: ‘I make a sudden sail’.
(b) How does the brook sparkle?
(c) Name a poetic device used in the above lines.
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02/02/2021 12:05 pm
(a) It means that the brook emerges suddenly.
(b) The brook reflects the sunlight and sparkles.
(c) Alliteration/Personification.
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