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प्रश्न
And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
What does the poet mean by ‘finest conventions'?
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उत्तर
The finest conventions mean a family gets together.
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Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
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But I know no better spectacle,
Than a comet in full flight.
Who does 'I’ refer to?
But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
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Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words/phrases given below.
| a trail | spectacular | spectacular scene | outer ice | a cheetah |
| day or night | emerging of life | powerful and strong | shock wave | scientists |
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And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.
Where do they have their family conventions?
