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Broad and deep, and still as time; Seeming still, yet still in motion. What is broad and deep? - English

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प्रश्न

Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion.

What is broad and deep?

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उत्तर

The river is broad and deep.

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अध्याय 5.2: The River - Exercise [पृष्ठ १४३]

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अध्याय 5.2 The River
Exercise | Q B. 4. a) | पृष्ठ १४३

संबंधित प्रश्न

He gives his harness bell a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.

How does the horse communicate with the poet?


And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;

What does ‘it’ refer to?


Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.

I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Pick out the rhyming words.


Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.

I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem.


What is hidden inside the earth for years?


Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.

Poetic lines Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech
It takes much time to kill a tree.  
The bleeding bark will heal.  
Out of the anchoring earth  

"The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:"

Why is the poet using the word 'den' to describe the spider’s web?


How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.


In the dust, they leave behind,
Could have started life on the earth,
Which resulted in mankind.

What does the word 'they' refer to?


If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.

Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.


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