?Then sleek as a lizard and alert and abrupt, she enters the thickness.?


? ? ? ? ? ? (i) Name the poem and the poet.

? ? ? ? ? ? (ii) Who is referred to in this line? What is ?her? intention?

(iii) Identify the literary device used in this line.

Dear Student,
i) The name of the poem is 'The Laburnum Top' and the poet is Ted Hughes.
ii) Her refers to the mother Goldfinch. Her intention is to feed her young ones.
iii) Simile has been used here. The movement of the Goldfinch bird has been compared to the movement of a lizard.

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