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प्रश्न
Pick out Archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.
| Archaic Words | Modern Equivalents | |
| (a) | ||
| (b) | ||
| (c) | ||
| (d) | ||
| (e) |
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उत्तर
| Archaic Words | Modern Equivalents | |
| (a) | maiden | Unmarried girl/spinster |
| (b) | thy | your |
| (c) | thine | yours |
| (d) | twere | It were |
| (e) | lo | used to draw attention to an interesting or amazing event. |
| (f) | thee | you (object) |
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How do you know
Peace is a woman?
I know, for
I met her yesterday
on my winding way
to the world's fare.
She had such a wonderful face
just like a golden flower faded
before her prime.
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(2) Do you think there is a way out of the war-ridden world? What is it?.
(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line:
"I met her yesterday
on my winding way."
(4) The poet asks the question and herself answers it. What effect does it create in the extract?
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