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Pick out lines from the poem that help create images of the following in our mind and write them in the table

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Pick outlines from the poem that help create images of the following in our mind and write them in the table.

No. Old Woman The Street Schoolboys
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No. Old Woman The Street Schoolboys
1. The old woman was ragged Streets were white with snow were laughing
2. Bent with the chill of winter Streets were crowded like a flock of sheep
3. her feet were trembling Horse carriages were trampling down hastened on their way.
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Chapter 2.3: Somebody’s Mother - English Workshop [Page 38]

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Chapter 2.3 Somebody’s Mother
English Workshop | Q 1 | Page 38

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