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Direction : Read the following poem and answer the questions given below it.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to Keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep,

The words ‘deep’ and ‘keep’ as given in the poem are

  1. A
    Simile
  2. B
    Metaphor
  3. C
    Rhyming words
  4. D
    Alliterative words

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The words 'deep' and 'keep' sound identical in their ending vowel and consonant phonemes (/iːp/). Since they are located at line-ends and produce matching acoustic resonance, they function as rhyming words.

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Direction : Read the following poem and answer the questions given below it.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to Keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep,

The words ‘deep’ and ‘keep’ as given in the poem are
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Rhyming words
D
Alliterative words

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