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Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :Whose woods these are I think I know,His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistakeThe only other sound’s the sweepOf easy wind find downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep. [The poet is riding through the beautiful woods filled up with snow. He wants to stop there to enjoy the charming sight. The horse feels strange and shakes his harness bells. The poet realises that the woods are lovely to watch, but he has to perform his worldly duties and go for many miles before he would sleep.]1. Where does the master of the woods live ?2. What strange fact does the horse notice ?3. What are the sounds the poet hears in the woods ?4. How does the horse alarm the poet ?5. What are the two ideas the word ‘sleep’ conveys ?

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1. The master of the woods lives in the village.

2. The horse thinks strange that his master intends to stop at a place without a farm house.

3. The poet hears the sound of the falling snow flakes and the sound of the harness bells.

4. The horse alarms the poet by shaking the bells of his harness.

5. One is the sleep after the day’s work and the other is the permanent sleep after death.



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