Kaveri

I Cannot Remember My Mother

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Hard

The poem's free verse form most directly supports its content by:

AImposing a rigid structure that mirrors the speaker's disciplined grief

BAllowing the natural, unstructured flow of memory and feeling without constraint

CCreating a comic rhythm

DFollowing traditional Vedic metrical patterns

Hard

What figure of speech is present in 'bee-loud glade'?

ASimile

BTransferred epithet (or auditory imagery with compound adjective)

CMetaphor

DAlliteration

Hard

The phrase 'peace comes dropping slow' is an example of:

ASimile comparing peace to honey

BOnomatopoeia

CMetaphor and transferred epithet

DAlliteration

Medium

What are 'wattles' as used in the poem?

ABirds found near lakes

BInterwoven twigs and branches used in construction

CRowing boats used on rivers

DA type of Irish bread

Medium

Read the following extract and answer the questions: "And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, / Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; / There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, / And evening full of the linnet's wings." Q2. 'Veils of the morning' is a metaphor for:

AWedding veils hung outdoors

BMorning mist or haze

CBirds flying at dawn

DHeavy rain in the morning

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