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“Alone she cuts and binds the grain; And sings a melancholy strain; Listen for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.” (a) Who is ‘she’ in the above lines? (b) What kind of a song is she singing?
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04/02/2021 6:01 pm
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
“Alone she cuts and binds the grain;
And sings a melancholy strain;
Listen for the vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.”
(a) Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?
(b) What kind of a song is she singing?
(c) What does the expression ‘vale profound’ mean?
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04/02/2021 6:02 pm

(a) ‘She’ in the above lines refer to the solitary reaper.
(b) She is singing a sad and melancholic song.
(c) ‘Vale profound’ means the deep valley.
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