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Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow in a line or two:The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued (a) Where was the crow ? (b) What did it shake on the poet ? (c) What does the word, ‘rued’ mean ? (d) What is the poet’s state of mind ? |
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Answer» a. The CROW was sitting on the hemlock tree. b.It shook a heavy mass of snow on the poet. c.'rued' means regretted deeply. d.earlier the poet was in a DEPRESSED state of mind but after the FALLING of snow on him he felt that his day has been saved and changed his mood from gloomy to CHEERFUL. |
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