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Read the following stanzas and answer the questions put there upon :Glorious fountain! ……Upward like thee!From which poem has the above stanza been taken? Who is the author of the poem?2. Why has the fountain been addressed as glorious?3. What qualities of the fountain does the poet wish to have ? OrWhat kind of heart does the poet wish to have ?4. The poet has called the fountain changeful’ and ‘constant. Why has he used these contradictory words for the fountain?5. What qualities of the fountain have been mentioned by the poet in these lines ?6. Point out the rhyming words in the above. stanza. ?

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1. The above stanza has been taken from the poem ‘The Fountain’. The author of the poem is James Russell Lowell.

2. The fountain looks very beautiful when it goes up. So the poet addresses it as glorious.

3. The poet wishes to be fresh, changeful, constant and upward like the fountain.

4. Like the changeful fountain, we have ups and downs in our life, but we should move forward with firmness like the constant fountain.

5. The poet has described in these lines that the fountain is fresh, changeful and constant.

6. The words be’ and ‘thee’ rhyme.



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