Q104
The use of ‘I rise’ in the poem is an example of :
- (1) hyperbole
- (2) parallelism
- (3) alliteration
- (4) repetition
CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 104
Read the extract given below and answer the questions (Q. Nos. 100–105) that follow :
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that is wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Solution.
CBSE answer: (4)
Answer: (4) repetition
- The same words "I rise" come again and again, and the poem closes with them three times.
- Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis is the device of repetition (here a refrain).
- It drives home the speaker's determination.
Trap: (2) Parallelism means similar grammatical structures; the question asks about repeating the same words "I rise".