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3. What kind of tone do you sense from the first two stanzas?
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(b) Describe what the poet means by the last two lines in stanza 2.
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ANSWERS:
PRACTICE 1
1. A soldier
1. (a)The war fought for independence
(b) He has been injured due to his involvement in the war for independence. Now he is old and
disabled and cannot do much to free his country from new challenges. He still cares for the
country but unable to fight as he used to do.
PRACTICE 3
1. In the Stanzas 1 and 2, the persona enhances the tone of frustration as he shares his
disabilities and weariness of not being able to fight for the country anymore.
PRACTICE 5
1. United population. In order to fight for our freedom, first we have to be united.