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प्रश्न
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Legs wide, arms locked behind As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind.
- Whose action is described here?
- What is meant by prone brow?
- What is his state of mind?
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उत्तर
- Napoleon’s action is described here.
- The phrase ‘prone brow’ means eyebrow inclined downward.
- His state of mind is filled with anxiety and his eagerness hasted.
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