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प्रश्न
Complete the table based on your understanding of the poem.
| Stage | Characteristic |
| crying | |
| judge | |
| soldier | |
| unhappy | |
| second childhood | |
| whining | |
| old man |
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उत्तर
| Stage | Characteristic |
| Baby (first stage) | crying |
| judge | Firm and serious |
| soldier | Aggressive and Ambitious |
| Lover | unhappy |
| second childhood | Loses senses |
| Boyhood (school) | whining |
| old man | Wise and judges others |
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