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  • 1. 
    Which poetic device is used in “Trees sprinting-” ?

  • metaphor
  • simile
  • alliteration
  • Personification

  • 2. 
    Name the poetic devices used in the poem.

  • metaphor
  • similie
  • alliteration
  • all of these

  • 3. 
    What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

  • Losing her mother
  • heart attack
  • headache
  • children screaming at her

  • 4. 
    Who is the poet of this poem?

  • John Keats
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • William Wordsworth
  • Kamala Das

  • 5. 
    What pangs did she feel when she looked at her mother?

  • Pangs of headache
  • Pangs of stomachache
  • Pangs of knee pain
  • Pangs of heartache

  • 6. 
    What was the poet’s childhood fear?

  • Parting from her husband
  • Parting from her friends
  • Parting from her siblings
  • losing her mother

  • 7. 
    What was the expression of the poet’s face while parting from her mother?

  • satirical
  • funny
  • sad
  • smiling

  • 8. 
    How is the imagery of ‘young trees and merry children’ a contrast to the mother?

  • mother is old in comparison to the trees and children
  • mother is like ash while the trees are green and children are happy
  • like spring and autumn season
  • Mother’s health-hopelessness and trees and merry children- youthfulness and hope

  • 9. 
    What does the poem revolve around?

  • poet’s fears
  • poet’s love for her mother
  • Theme of old age
  • All of these
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