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प्रश्न
And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;
What does ‘it’ refer to?
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उत्तर
‘It’ refers to anger.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Have you ever travelled through a forest? How did you feel?
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near.
Why should the horse think it queer?
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. One example is done for you.
| Poetic device | Lines from the poem |
| Alliteration | watch his woods |
| Personification | |
| Repetition | |
| Imagery |
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree
Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here?
Describe how his anger kept growing.
Memorize the first two stanzas of the poem.
The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
What does ‘anchoring earth’ mean?
"And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne’er give heed:"
Who does ‘I’ refer to?
How does the poet bring about the comparison of life with the river? Explain it with reference to the poem.
Memorise the first three stanzas of the poem.
