Question

We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales that we have heard or read; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.

A. The phrase immortal drink refers to a) blessings of our ancestors b) the teachings of nature
c) the beauty of heaven
B. ‘All lovely tales’ evoke the feeling of a) sadness and nostalgia
b) only nostalgia
c) inspiration and pride
d) happiness
C. The literary device used by the poet in the following lines is ______________.
An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink
a) personification b) simile
c) metaphor
d) irony
D. Who is the poet of the above lines? a) Pablo Neruda
b) John Keats
c) William Wordsworth
d) PB Shelle

Answer 1

D) A life-giving force

A) Sadness and nostalgia

C) Metaphor

B) John Keats

Step-by-step explanation:

The given lines are from the poem A Thing of Beauty written by John Keats. This is why option B is the correct one in question D.

In question A, you left out one of the options you were given - a life-giving force. I marked it as option D, and it is the correct one. An immortal drink is a drink that gives immortality, or in other words, life.

All lovely tales evoke the feeling of sadness and nostalgia. Nostalgia and sadness usually accompany each other as nostalgia is longing for the past. When we long for someone or something, we usually feel sad. This is why option A is the correct one in question B.

The literary device used in the quote from question C is the metaphor. The metaphor is a type of comparison made between two unrelated things that are similar in some aspect. It usually states that something is something else. This quote refers to all the beautiful things Keats listed before, including the lovely tales. They are the life-giving force described as the immortal drink.