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प्रश्न
Read the lines given below and answer the question that follow.
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there…
- What did the poet notice about the twigs?
- What was the poet’s thought about then?
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उत्तर
- The budding twigs spread out their fan to catch the breezy air.
- The poet thought the twigs were experiencing the joy of their contact with the breezy air.
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