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- 1. Multiple Choice
Chirrup,chattering,trillings, whistle-chirrup, whispering. Which poetic device refers to sound words?
Metaphor
Antithesis
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
- 2. Multiple Choice
"September sunlight" - Which literary device has been used by the poet?
Simile
Alliteration
Litotes
Antithesis
- 3. Multiple Choice
Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings. Who has been described here?
cuckoo
chicks
goldfinch
sparrow
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which description most suits the Laburnum tree most?
The tree is silent and still. It has leaves that are yellowing and seeds have fallen.
The tree is silent but thrilled. It has leaves that are yellowing and seeds have fallen.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The line ‘A few leaves yellowing and all its seeds fallen' suggests the meaning of ageing and decay.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
The poem is written by____________
William Wordsworth
William Blake
Ted Hughes
William Shakespeare
- 7. Multiple Choice
The sound produced by the bird is compared to the sound of a ___________
motor Engine
Alarm
Bell
Engine
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the word abrupt
Slow
rapid and sudden
quick
none of these
- 9. Multiple Choice
The poem LABURNUM TOP presents relationship between........
Poet and the tree
Tree and the goldfinch
Tree and the autumn season
None
- 10. Multiple Choice
'It is the engine of her family' - The literary device used is ......
simile
personification
alliteration
metaphor
- 11. Multiple Choice
'Infinite' refers to ..................
countless leaves
countless yellow flowers in the tree
boundless sky
limitless chitterings
- 12. Multiple Choice
What does the word 'empty' signify?
with no leaves
with no other company
being without life
being without food
- 13. Multiple Choice
The silence and stillness of the tree is shattered by
the arrival of the goldfinch
the wind blowing hard
the noise of a machine
the lizard of the laburnum tree
- 14. Multiple Choice
The expression 'barred face ' means
the bird seems to be behind the bars
a face that is partially visible
a stripped face
a painted face
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Goldfinch's body barely visible?due to her dark coloured yellow bodybecause she was smallbecause of the height of the treebecause she was brown in colour
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to the bird in the end of the poem?she flew awayshe stayed at the treeshe went to other treeshe went to bring some food for her younger ones
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHow was the tree in the end when the bird flew away?It was still aliveNothing changed in the looksit was death-like againNone of the above
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat Transferred Epithet was used in the poem 'The Laburnum Top'?her barred face identity maskengine of her familySleek as a lizardSeptember sunlight
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?because she was brown in colourdue to her dark coloured yellow bodybird’s face became her identity and symbol of recognitionNone of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
yellow colour in the poem symbolises
yellow leaves
autumn season
beauty of flowers
all the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
'The sleek as a lizard' the poetic device is
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
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