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प्रश्न
How do the words in bold, in the lines below, illustrate the poet’s ability to convey criticism cryptically?
Our meddling intellect
Misshapes the beauteous forms of things:
We murder to dissect.
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उत्तर
The poet wished to convey the exploitative nature of science and invention. He, therefore, used the above-mentioned words to indicate the same.
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