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Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follows. - English

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Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.

In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils; but with a whole And happy heart, that pays its toll To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

Identify the rhyming words of the given lines.

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Solution

fear – cheer; whole – toll.

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Chapter 1.2: Life - Exercise [Page 19]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
Chapter 1.2 Life
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