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Question
Some are like fields of sunlit corn,
Meet for a bride on her bridal morn,
Some, like the flame of her marriage fire,
Or, rich with the hue of her heart's desire,
Tinkling,luminous,tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Besides visual imagery the poet also uses auditory imagery.Pick out the lines.
Solution
The lines are:
Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear,
Like her bridal laughter and bridal tear.
The tinkling of the bangles is compared to a young bride’s laughter and the luminosity of the bangles is likened to her tears.
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