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English MCQs
English Literature Mcqs
Q
Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the Undying” includes the following lines: “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas.” Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect ?
AA. Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature
BB. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature
CC. Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare
DD. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare
Correct Answer:
B. B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature