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in Class 12 by kratos

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

This above all is precious and remarkable,

How we put ourselves in one another’* care,

How in spite of everything we trust each other.

Fishermen at whatever point they are dipping and lifting

On the dark green swell they partly think of as home

Hear the gale warnings that fly to them like gulls.

(i) What does the speaker find precious and remarkable?

(ii) Where are the fishermen dipping and lifting?

(iii) What do the fishermen partly think of as home?

(iv) What flies to the fishermen like gulls?

(v) What does ‘the dark green swell’ refer to?

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by kratos
 
Best answer

(i) The speaker feels that it is a precious and remarkable thing that we still put ourselves in each other’* care and that we trust others.

(ii) On the dark green swell (the sea).

(iii) The sea.

(iv) Warnings of storms fly to them like gulls.

(v) The dark green swell’ refers to the sea in high tide when there is a storm.

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