Question

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

(a) What do the wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command tell ?

(b) Whose hand mocked them ?

(c) How do these passions still survive ?

(d) Names the figure of speech used in line.

Answer 1

(a) that the sculptor had well read the feelings present on the face of the king whose statue he was to make.

(b) the sculptor’s hand 

(c) they are stamped on the face of the statue of stone 

(d) Alliteration.