Question 13
MediumOriginal questionDay by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the is their baskets full of dreams.
"The little clouds setting their white bulging sails" pictures the clouds as
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Sails belong to boats. The child sees the clouds as boats with white sails, like his own paper boats.
Speaking of clouds as boats, without "like" or "as", is a metaphor.
Worth noting
The next line imagines a playmate in the sky sending the cloud-boats "to race with my boats", which confirms the picture.
- Concept
- Interpreting a metaphor
- Typical timeTypical
- 45 s
- Your timeYours
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