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Read the following poems carefully and answer the questions given below them :A home they brought her warrior dead,She nor swooned nor uttered a cry.All her maidens watching said,“She must weep or she will die.”Then they praised him, soft and low,Called him worthy to be loved,Truest friend and noblest foe,Yet she neither spoke nor moved.Stole a maiden from her place,(1)Whom did they bring home?(2) How did the maidens praise the warrior?(3) Why did the warrior’s wife not weep?(4) When did she weep? What did she say then? |
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Answer» (1) They brought the warrior – the woman’s husband – home. (2) The maidens praised the warrior soft and low. They called him worthy to be loved, the truest friend and the noblest foe. (3) The warrior’s wife was rather stunned to see her husband dead. Because of that sudden (4) When a nurse of ninety years set the woman’s child upon her knee, the woman burst out weeping. Looking at her child, she said, “Sweet my child, I live for thee”. (My sweet child, I live for you.) |
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