‘Cocktail face, with all their conforming smiles Like a fixed portrait’ (a) Why does the poet use the term “Cocktail” for the face?

Question

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

‘Cocktail face, with all their conforming smiles Like a fixed portrait’

(a) Why does the poet use the term “Cocktail” for the face?

(b) What is the figure of speech employed in the first line?

(c) Identify the figure of speech employed in the second line.

Answer 1

(a) The face does not show a single emotion. It is no more the index of the mind. It is the combination of various emotions. So, the poet uses the term “cocktail face”.

(b) Metaphor is the figure of speech employed in the first line.

(c) Simile is the figure of speech employed in the second line