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in Class 12 by kratos

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves

His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings

He furleth close; contented so to look

On mists in idleness – to let fair things

Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook

He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,

Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

(i) What does his soul have in it’* Autumn?

(ii) What is he contented to do in Autumn?

(iii) What does autumn represent in the stanza?

(iv) How is the Winter described?

(v) If not for winter, what would happen?

(vi) What does winter represent in the stanza?

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by kratos
 
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(i) His soul has its quiet coves.

(ii) He is contented to look on mists in idleness.

(iii) Here autumn represents middle age.

(iv) The Winter is described as a pale misfeature.

(v) He would forgo his mortal nature, if he had no Winter.

(v) Here winter represents old age.

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