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Question
Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.
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Solution
The phrases that reflect the child’s joy and happiness are ‘love to rise in a summer morn’, ‘birds sing on every tree’, ‘the skylark sings with me’, and ‘sweet company’.
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