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प्रश्न
Find in the poem an antonym (a word opposite in meaning)for the following word.
long
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उत्तर
long - short.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Thinking about the Text
Answer these question.
You’ll soon stop being smart.”
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(ii) Why does the speaker say it?
(iii) What according to the speaker will stop Gerrard from being smart?
Thinking about the Poem
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He plants a friend of sun and sky;b
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In hushed and happy twilight heard____
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These things he plants who plants a tree.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
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For she who has journeyed through life midway,
Whose hands have cherished , whose love has blest,
And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worship the gods at her husband's side.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Explain with reference to context.
"Now tell us what 'twas all about,"
Young Peterkin, he cries;
And little wilhelmine looks up
with wonder-waiting eyes;
"Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for."
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"Who put the French to rout;
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Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
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And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
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