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प्रश्न
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
Who are the gladdest people?
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उत्तर
The gladdest people are those brothers and sisters who share their fun.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The poet is aware of two choices. What are they? What choice does he make ultimately?
Pick out words from the poem that bring to mind peace and quiet.
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.
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Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
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What is hidden inside the earth for years?
How does the poet bring out the pain of the tree?
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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Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion.
Is the time still?
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That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
Who wins the joys of the earth?
