Select the most appropriate figure of speech used in the following line:-

"On the seashore of endless worlds, thousand children meet"

Hyperbole

The correct answer is Option (1) → Hyperbole

The line “On the seashore of endless worlds, thousand children meet” uses exaggeration to create a grand, imaginative picture.

• “Endless worlds” is an exaggeration — there cannot literally be endless worlds gathered at one seashore.

• “Thousand children meet” is again an exaggeration, used poetically to suggest countless children, not an exact number.

These exaggerated expressions heighten the emotional and imaginative effect, which is characteristic of hyperbole.

Note: The given answer is as per NTA. however, the answer for this question could also be metaphor. Metaphor is a comparison without using "like" or "as." The phrase "seashore of endless worlds" is a powerful metaphor where the physical seashore is compared to the abstract boundary between life and the eternal/infinite.