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Question
Write in your own words.
How does the poet glorify his home in the first stanza?
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Solution
The poet glorifies his home in the first stanza by saying that we may roam places and stay in palaces, but like magic, we will get drawn to our home however modest it may be because there is no place in the world better than our own home.
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