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प्रश्न
Who does ‘we’ refer to in first stanza?
पर्याय
Human beings
Machines
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उत्तर
Machines.
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Is she complaining about the problems of life?
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She knows how to thaw you, saw you – so beware!
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And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
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Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
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