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1.	For all her love, she cannot tell Whether I use it ill or well. (a) Who do ‘I’ and ‘she’ refer to? (b) What does ‘it’ in the second line refer to? (c) Why is it that she cannot tell?
Answer» (a) T refers to the son, i.e., the poet, and ‘she’ refers to the mother. (b) ‘It’ refers to the life that the mother has given the son. (c) She is dead and cannot see whether he lives well or net.

For all her love, she cannot tell Whether I use it ill or well. (a) Who do ‘I’ and ‘she’ refer to? (b) What does ‘it’ in the second line refer to? (c) Why is it that she cannot tell?

Answer»

(a) T refers to the son, i.e., the poet, and ‘she’ refers to the mother.

(b) ‘It’ refers to the life that the mother has given the son.