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प्रश्न
Now complete the following suitably.
He was cleaning out his cupboard when _______
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उत्तर
He was cleaning out his cupboard when he saw a dead rat lying there.
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It was roses, roses, all the way,
With myrtle mixed in my path like mad;
The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,
The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,
A year ago on this very day.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
“The house-tops seemed to heave and sway”. Explain
There's nobody on the house-tops now...
Just a palsied few at the windows set;
For the best of the sight is, all allow,
At the Shambles' Gate-or, better yet,
By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.
Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.
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- _____________________________
- _____________________________
- _____________________________
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