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Standard VI

Physics

Reflection

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Read the extract given below and answer the question that follows:

My head is full of whispers
which tomorrow will be silent.
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown
of the tallest oak.

Which poetic device has been used in the sixth line of the stanza ?

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Solution

The poetic device used here is 'simile'. The moon is compared to a mirror using the word 'like'.

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