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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. What is Referred to Rainbow-tinted Circles of Light ? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Bangle sellers are we who bear
Our shining loads to the temple fair...
Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,
For happy daughters and happy wives.

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

What is referred to Rainbow-tinted circles of light ?

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The bangles are referred to as ‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light. ’

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Chapter 1.03: The Bangle Sellers - Stanza 1

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Chapter 1.03 The Bangle Sellers
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