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The poet has used many describing words such as ‘healthy’ in this poem.
Make a list and classify them as -
- For the world _______
- For himself ________
- For the road _______
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Solution
a. For the world
- free
- healthy
b. For himself
- afoot
- light-hearted
- strong
- content
c. For the road
- long
- brown
- open
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