Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Comprehension - (Poetry / Literary)

Question:

Read the following lines and answer the question :

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Point out the figure of speech in the following line :

"I gazed-and gazed"

Options:

hyperbole

repetition

oxymoron

simile

Correct Answer:

repetition

Explanation:

The figure of speech in the line "I gazed-and gazed" is repetition.

  • Hyperbole involves exaggeration, which isn't present in simply repeating the act of gazing.
  • Oxymoron combines contradictory terms, while repetition doesn't create any contradiction.
  • Simile uses a comparison to describe something else, which isn't present in this line.