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What is the Tone in this Stanza? Quote. - English 2 (Literature in English)

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Bangle sellers are we who bear
Our shining loads to the temple fair...
Who will buy these delicate, bright
Rainbow-tinted circles of light?
Lustrous tokens of radiant lives,
For happy daughters and happy wives.

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

What is the tone in this stanza? Quote.

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Solution

The tone is happy and joyful as evident by the line, ‘For happy daughters and happy wives

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Chapter 1.03: The Bangle Sellers - Stanza 1

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Evergreen Publication Treasure Trove [English] Class 9 and 10 ICSE
Chapter 1.03 The Bangle Sellers
Stanza 1 | Q 6

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