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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. Mention the Colours that Are Given Or Hinted at to Describe the Bangles. - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Some are meet for a maiden's wrist,
Silver and blue as the mountain mist,
Some are flushed like the buds that dream
On the tranquil brow of a woodland stream,
Some are aglow with the bloom that cleaves
To the limpid glory of new born leaves

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

Mention the colours that are given or hinted at to describe the bangles.

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The colours are blue, silver, red and fresh green.

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Chapter 1.03: The Bangle Sellers - Stanza 2

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Chapter 1.03 The Bangle Sellers
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