Question

The poem is called a fable because it ___________

• A. metaphorizes the natural world.
• B. anthropomorphises plants to teach a moral lesson.
• C. creates a symbolical world.
• D. develops allusions to the natural world.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

anthropomorphises plants to teach a moral lesson.

A fable is a tale that gives human-like qualities to plants, animals, and other inanimate things to illustrate a moral lesson. In the given passage, the author gives like-like qualities to plants to teach a moral lesson- lesson in humility. So, the correct answer is option B.