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Question
Find the line from the poem which mean-
toil hard happily
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Solution
gladly sweat
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Points-
- Title and Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Figures of speech
- Theme/Central idea
- Favourite line
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/dislike the poem.
