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  A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo bird Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. (i) Identify the poetic device used in the last two lines. (ii) The speaker compares the voice of the reaper with that of the cuckoo because (iii) What wonder does the voice of the solitary reaper has? or (i) What are 'the farthest Hebrides'? (ii) Whose voice has been mentioned in the above lines? (iii) Why has the cuckoo bird been mentioned? What does the poet want to convey? or (i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines. (ii) What is the poetic device used in this stanza? (iii) Why does the poet compare the song of the reaper to that of a cuckoo?   

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                  (i) Alliteration is used in the last two lines 'Silence of the Seas.' (ii)  he wants to establish that her voice is more thrilling and enchanting than that of the cuckoo. (iii) The voice of the solitary reaper reaches a very long distance, as far as 'the farthest Hebrides'. or (i) The farthest Hebrides' refers to the remote group of islands that lie to the North-West of Scotland. (ii) The voice of the solitary reaper has been mentioned here. (iii) The cuckoo bird has been mentioned to compare the solitary reaper's voice. The poet wants to convey that the voice of the solitary reaper is more melodious than that of the cuckoo. or (i) Poem-The Solitary Reaper;  Poet William Wordsworth. (ii) Alliteration-'Silence of the Seas' is used in this stanza. (iii) The poet wants to convey that the voice of the solitary reaper is more melodious than that of the cuckoo.