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Find 2/4 expressions of humour from the extract.

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Some expressions of humour from the extract are as follows:

  1. An ass‘s nole I fixed on his head.
  2. And forth my mimic comes. When they him spy,
    As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,
  3. Sever themselves, and madly sweep the sky, So, at his sight, away from his fellows fly;
  4. Then will two at once woo one;
    That must need to be sport alone:
    And those things do best please me
    That befall preposterously.
  5. Away, you Ethiope!
  6. Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! vile thing, let loose,
    Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent!
  7. Get you gone, you dwarf;
    You minimus, of hind'ring knot-grass made;
    You bead, you acorn.
  8. Your hands than mine are quicker for a fray:
    My legs are longer though, to run away.
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अध्याय 4.3: Extracts of Drama - (A) A Midsummer - Night's Dream - Brainstorming - Form [पृष्ठ १७३]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 4.3 Extracts of Drama - (A) A Midsummer - Night's Dream
Brainstorming - Form | Q 2 | पृष्ठ १७३

संबंधित प्रश्न

Attempt in 120‒150 words a character sketch of Miss Sullivan.


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I rain into a stranger as he passed by
“Oh, excuse me please” was my reply.
He said, “please excuse me too; wasn't even watching for you.”
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on out way and we said good-bye.
But at home a different story is told.
How we treat out loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My daughter stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knoked her down.
“Move out of the way,” I said with a frown.
She walked away, her little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,
“While Dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
But children you love, you seem to abuse.”

A1. Order- 
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(i) The poet and the stranger went on their way saying good-bye.
(ii) Seeking excuse politely from the stranger, she went her way.
(iii) The poet ran into a stranger on the road.
(iv) The poet yelled at her daughter.

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about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
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------------------------------------ — a
But while speaking about our friends, — b
------------------------------------ — b


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