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प्रश्न
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What does ‘it’ refer to?
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उत्तर
It refers to anger, which is personified to the ‘poison tree’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are the sounds heard by the poet?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.
Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (i) ____________ and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he (ii) ___________ it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears and allowed it to grow. He (iii) _________ his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (iv) __________ his foe to eat it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (v) _________ under the tree.
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Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
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I told it not, my wrath did grow.
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