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Question
Poems in English are of different types.
- Sonnet
- Limerick
- Ballad
- Elegy
- Free verse
- Epic
- Lyric
- Humorous
- Idyll
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A long story-poem, often mythical ______.
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Solution
A long story-poem, often mythical Epic.
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Where the Mind is Without Fear... Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high - Rabindranath Tagore |
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