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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow: “ Oh! In such moments can I crush The grass beneath my feet?Ah no; the grass has then a voiceIts heart – I hear it beat”(a) Name the poem and the poet. (b) What does the poet mean by such moments? (c) What has triggered such moments? (d) What can’t ‘I’ bear to crush the grass beneath his feet?(e) What is the most outstanding quality expressed in these lines? |
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Answer» (a) A walk by Moonlight/Henry Derozio (b) moments of deep spiritual insight /heightened sensitivity - when poet feels that he is allied to the bliss of nature he experiences (c) A walk by Moonlight with friends (d) he is awakened to the fact that Nature has life - it has a purpose to stir us (e) sensitivity |
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