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Question
What is suggested by the following words/phrases in the poem?
- spectre-grey
- haunted
- joy illimited
- blast - beruffled
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Solution
- spectre-grey: A ghostly, lifeless grey colour, suggesting coldness and death.
- haunted: The people near the scene seem like shadowy figures passing through the desolate landscape.
- joy illimited: Boundless, unlimited joy in the thrush’s song.
- blast-beruffled: Ruffled or disordered by the force of the wind.
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Chapter 8: The Darkling Thrush - Exercise [Page 66]
