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Poem 2 — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceENGLISHPoem 22 Marks
Question
‘She strokes it full…’ explain this phrase with reference to the poem.
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Answer

In this quoted phrase from Ted Hughes’ poem ‘The Laburnum Top’, ‘she’ refers to the goldfinch which acts as an engine to its entire family. ‘Strokes’ means adding fuel. In this very context of the poem, the goldfinch feeds its family, providing the fuel that is nutrition what the machine or the bird’s family needs to be energetic.

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