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If you can’t be a banyan on The top of the hill Be a scrub in the plain but be The best little scrub by the side of the hill; Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass, And some highway you will happier make; If you can‘t be a lotus then just be a bass But the liveliest bass in the lake!Paraphrase: The poet tells the readers not to ……….. (i)……….. because of their positions in life. Though one can’t be a banyan tree on top of the hill, one can still be the best ………..(ii)……….. One can at least be a ………..(iii)……….. if not a tree. If one can’t be a ………..(iv)……….. one can be grass or a lotus. If one can’t even be a lotus, then one can just be a bass and be the ……….. (v)…….. bass in the lake. |
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Answer» (i) be worry (ii) little scrub by the side of the hill (iii) bush (iv) tree (v) liveliest |
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