Read the extract given below and answer the questions (100 - 105) that follow :
Meadows have surprises,
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
You may scare a rabbit
Who is sitting very still;
Though at first you may not see him,
When he hops you will.
Explore the meadow houses
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses
The ant’s amazing mound
‘A butterfly unfolding its drinking straws’.
Which figure of speech is used in the above line ?
Correct Answer :
metaphor
Solution :
The correct answer is metaphor.
Explanation:
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two distinct things by stating that one thing is another, without using explicitly comparative words such as "like" or "as".
In the line, "A butterfly unfolding its drinking straws", the butterfly's proboscis (its long, tubular mouthpart used for feeding) is directly referred to as "drinking straws". Since the proboscis is implicitly compared to drinking straws to visually explain how the butterfly sips nectar, the figure of speech used here is a metaphor.
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