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Question
Read the poem again and complete the web showing all those things that can turn one away from one's efforts towards a goal.
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Solution
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The Will to Win If you want a thing bad enough If all that you dream If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it and lose If you simply go after that thing that you want with all If neither cold poverty, famished or gaunt If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, - Berton Braley |
Points-
- Title and Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Figures of speech
- Theme/Central idea
- Favourite line
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/dislike the poem.
The following line is given to you. Find its appropriate meaning after discussing it with your partner.
Lose all your terror of opposition for it.
