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2025Q1(xi)The Power of Music
MCQModerate1 mark
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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write ONLY the correct answers.)

Which of the given options contains the figure of speech that appears in the following line from the poem, 'The Power of Music'? And in the sky the feathered fly turn turtle while They're winging,

Topic: Figures of speech

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Answer

Exam answer

(d) The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn.

Explanation

Work in two steps. First identify the device in the given line: birds are described as choosing to "turn turtle" in reaction to the singing, which grants them human-like response — personification. Then find the option that does the same: the wind "lies asleep in the arms of the dawn" gives sleep and arms to wind and dawn. Option (c) is a simile ("like"), and the others are plain description or imagery.

In words

The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn.

Example

'The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn' — both lines use personification.

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