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Question
Write in your own words:-
Why does the poet remark that advice is cheap?
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Solution
The poet remarks that advice is really cheap in the world because no one is willing to give away anything so happily the way people want to give advice. Just an amount as small as 20 cents can get you two of the greatest advisors Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper referring to their advice column in the paper.
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