Which literary device has been used in the expression - ‘Did shine like glistening gold’?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
‘What dost thou do here?’ the Bishop he said,
‘I prithee now tell to me’,
‘I am a bold harper’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘And the best in the north countree’.
‘O welcome, O welcome!’ the Bishop he said,
‘That music best pleaseth me.’
‘You shall have no music’, quoth Robin Hood,
‘Till the bride and the bridegroom I see’.
With that came in a wealthy knight,
Which was both grave and old,
And after him a finikin lass,
Did shine like glistening gold.
‘This is no fit match’, quoth bold Robin Hood,
‘That you do seem to make here;
‘For since we are come into the church,
The bride she shall choose her own dear’.
Which literary device has been used in the expression - ‘Did shine like glistening gold’?
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Correct answer: (A) Simile
Explanation
The bride is compared to gold using the word ‘like’. A direct comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ is a simile.