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‘Earth has not anything to show more fair.’ This line expresses the poet’s feelings. The sight he saw from the bridge is beautiful. There are a few more lines similar to the above. - English

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‘Earth has not anything to show more fair.’

This line expresses the poet’s feelings. The sight he saw from the bridge is beautiful. There are a few more lines similar to the above. With the help of your partner find them and discuss what they express.

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  1. 'A sight so touching.'
    The line expresses the poet's feelings of admiration.
  2. 'Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;'
    The line expresses the poet's feelings of wonder at the effect created by the first rays of the sun hitting the city. The poet feels as if the sun had never shone so beautifully over any natural form the way it did on the structures of the city that morning.
  3. 'Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep!'
    The line expresses the poet's feelings of calmness after witnessing nature's beauty from the bridge.
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