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Question
Comment on the following characters depicted in the poem, in a sentence or a phrase.
| On the Nose | On the Eyes |
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Solution
| On the Nose | On the Eyes |
| Nose – Intruding on something that does not belong to him. | Eyes – Falls prey to blind justice. |
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