Question 52

```Read the poem below and answer the following questions
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And pleasure of our richer kind;
Though pleasureʼs free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasureʼs a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joyʼs a butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Natureʼs light.```
The dominant device used in presenting ‘Joyʼ and ‘Pleasureʼ in the first stanza is

  • A. Diction
  • B. Oxymoron
  • C. Personification
  • D. Conceit
Objective

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Exam body
BUK
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2009/2010
Question no.
#52
Type
Objective

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