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Read the following stanza. Then they praised him, soft and low. Called him worthy to be loved, Truest friend and noblest foe; Yet she neither spoke nor moved. Now answer the following questions. 1) Who does ‘they’ here refer to? 2) What did they do? 3) Why did they praise him? 4) How did they praise him? 5) What effect did their words have on her? 6) Identify the rhyming words in the stanza. |
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Answer» 1) “They” here refer to her women who surrounded her. 2) They praised her husband. 3) They praised her dead husband to remind the widow of her nobility and dignity her husband enjoyed from the large. They praised him before her to evoke an emotional reaction from him. 4) They praised him worthy to be loved, They said that he was the truest friend and a noblest foe. 5) None of their words did not have any effect on the wife. She stood motionless and silent. 6) The rhyming words in this stanza are; low – foe; loved – moved; |
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