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प्रश्न
Read the following extract and answer the questions given below :
They whisper like drizzle
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.
They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.
(1) Why do the old women in this extract roam the streets?
(2) What would you like to do for the betterment of the old people?
(3) Find out an example of 'onomatopoeia' from the first stanza of the extract.
(4) Pick out the expressions from the extract showing the sad situation of the old women.
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उत्तर
(1) The old women to the extent roam the streets because they are not taken care of.
(2) Growing old is a natural process that every individual goes through. We can be a friend & a listener to them as they have many experiences to share with us which can be useful ahead. We need to be a part of some NGO who supports old age homes, especially focus on their diet & medicines and provide them all sorts of mental, financial & social help.
(3) They whisper like drizzles.
(4) as they roam the streets
- with a lost gaze as though
- They shiver like December nights
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