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Question
Read the line and answer the question.
And the wheel’s kick and the winds song and the white sail’s shaking
What according to the poet are the pleasures of sailing?
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Solution
Hearing the wheel’s kick, hearing the wind’s song and feeling the white sail’s shaking are the pleasures of sailing.
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