Question

"The reddest flower would look as pale as snow for, all day, we drag our burden tiring".

Mention the figure of speech employed in the above lines.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Oxymoron
4. Personification

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Simile

The correct answer is 'Simile'.

• The figure of speech employed in the above lines is 'Simile'.
• Simile: (the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words "as" or "like".
• In the given sentence the flower is being compared with snow.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 2.
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Correct Answer: Simile.

• Let's look at the meaning of other words given in the Options:
  • Metaphor: an expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object.
  • Oxymoron: a phrase that combines two words that seem to be the opposite of each other, such as a deafening silence
  • Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form