I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. (a) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?
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Read the extracts given below and answer the following questions:
I chatter, chatter, as I flow
To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
(a) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?
(b) Name the poetic device used in the first line.
(c) Explain the meaning of the third and fourth lines.
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02/02/2021 11:51 am
(a) abab.
(b) Onomatopoeia/Personification.
(c) It means that man is mortal but the objects of nature are immortal.
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