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Compose a poem in an imaginary village. Try to maintain the rhyme scheme in the poem. You may begin like this….

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Compose a poem in an imaginary village. Try to maintain the rhyme scheme in the poem. You may begin like this….

Settled on the bank of a river
      Like a queen
Is my beautiful village
    Full of bushes green.

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Settled on the bank of a river
Like a queen.
Is my beautiful village
Full of bushes green.
People busy with their chores,
Few houses huddled around,
Little kids, little joys,
Heaven on Earth; my heart is bound.

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