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04/02/2021 5:03 pm
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:
“I listened motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill,
The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.”
(a) What music is the poet talking about in these lines?
(b) What effect does the music have on the poet?
(c) How is the poet able to hear this music even after the maiden has stopped singing?
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04/02/2021 5:04 pm
(a) The poet is talking about the music of the maiden’s song in these lines.
(b) The music mesmerizes the poet and he stops to listen to it. He carries the memories of the song in his heart long after he moves away from the scene.
(c) The poet carries the music as a cherished memory in his heart.