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प्रश्न
There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.
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उत्तर
- Good, food
- Pass, grass
- Away, say
- Mistake, snake
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In black and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
He noticed one was black.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Why does the poet use this diction?
Some are Purple and gold flecked grey
For she who has journeyed through life midway,
Whose hands have cherished , whose love has blest,
And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worship the gods at her husband's side.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
What is the ryme scheme of the poem?
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Young Peterkin, he cries;
And little wilhelmine looks up
with wonder-waiting eyes;
"Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for."
"It was the English," Kaspar cried,
"Who put the French to rout;
But what they fought each other for,
I could not well make out;
But everybody said,"quoth he,
"That 'twas a famous victory.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Quote the lines that show the children were curious about the battle and its outcome?
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Well, what’s the matter, he asked, his anger giving way to concern. What are you crying for? The boy would not answer or look up. His body continued to be wracked with silent sobbing.
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Who is the speaker in the poem?
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courtier
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