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Question
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
And though his efforts never slack
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back
The pigtail hangs behind him.
- Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines and give the rhyme scheme for the same.
- Did he quit his trying? How can you say?
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Solution
- Rhyming words : sack – tack – back
Rhyme scheme : a a a b - No he did not quit his trying. The lines ‘And though his efforts never slack. And though he twist and twirl and tack” shows that he did not stop his trying.
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