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Question
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
What does the poet mean by 'stick-together family'?
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Solution
The stick-together family means those families who spend time together (Joint families) and share their fun and sorrows and can be only separated after death.
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