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प्रश्न
Look for some more poems in the rain and see how this one is different from them.
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उत्तर
(1) ‘The Rainy Day’ by Rabindranath Tagore.
(2) ‘Song for the Rainy Season’ by Elizabeth Bishop
(3) ‘An Autumn Rain-Scene’ by Thomas Hardy
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