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1.	Explain with reference to the context.Full well they laugh’d, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
Answer» In these lines from the poem ‘The Village School Master’ the poet Oliver Goldsmith gives us a picture of the village school master who lived in the days before its decay. The school master was a severe man. He maintained order and discipline by his severity rather than by love. All the bovs, particularly the mischievous ones, were very much afraid of him. They had a way of knowing the day’s fortunes by looking at the master’s face in the morning. If the master appeared cheerful in the morning they would conclude that it would be a good day for them. On such days the master would crack many jokes and the boys would laugh with counterfeited glee immaterial of whether they understood him or not.

Explain with reference to the context.Full well they laugh’d, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:

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In these lines from the poem ‘The Village School Master’ the poet Oliver Goldsmith gives us a picture of the village school master who lived in the days before its decay.

The school master was a severe man. He maintained order and discipline by his severity rather than by love. All the bovs, particularly the mischievous ones, were very much afraid of him. They had a way of knowing the day’s fortunes by looking at the master’s face in the morning. If the master appeared cheerful in the morning they would conclude that it would be a good day for them. On such days the master would crack many jokes and the boys would laugh with counterfeited glee immaterial of whether they understood him or not.

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