Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Poetry / Literary)

Question:

Read the Poem below and answer the question.

A Bird Came Down

A Bird, came down the Walk -
He did not know I saw
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,

And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let Beetle pass -

He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad -
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head -

Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home -

Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, splashless as they swim.

Choose the figure of speech in the line.

'They looked like frightened beads'.

Options:

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

Correct Answer:

Simile

Explanation:

The figure of speech in the line "They looked like frightened beads" is: Simile

Explanation: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as." In this line, the poet is comparing the bird's eyes to frightened beads using the word "like," indicating a simile.