Question

The poem is full of similes. Work with your partner and note them down in your notebooks. Why do you think the poet has used so many similes in a poem of 12 lines only?

Answer 1

Similes have been used in the following lines in the poem:

‘She sways like a flower in the wind of our song’

‘She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream’

‘She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream’

‘We bear her along like a pearl on a string’

‘She hangs like a star in the dew of our song.

‘She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide’

‘She falls like a tear from the eyes of a bride’