(a) Who is speaking here? (b) What creates the merry din? (c) Notice the poetic device used in the third line.

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

The bridegroom’s doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin, The guests are met, the feast is set: May’st hear the merry din.’

Questions 

(a) Who is speaking here? 

(b) What creates the merry din? 

(c) Notice the poetic device used in the third line.

Answer 1

(a) one of the wedding guests and a member of the bridegroom’s family is speaking here. 

(b) The celebrations of the marriage creates the merry din. 

(c) The poetic device used here is alliteration