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In his poem, Wordsworth uses hyperbole to describe the vast number of daffodils he saw dancing in the breeze.
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A lexicographer is a person who compiles dictionaries. Samuel Johnson was a famous lexicographer.
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This is a paradox (found in John Donne's 'Death Be Not Proud'). It seems self-contradictory but contains a deeper truth about the afterlife defeating death.
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These lines are from 'The Solitary Reaper' by William Wordsworth, describing the singing girl he sees in the Highlands.
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An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
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This line comes from the poem 'My Heart Leaps Up' by William Wordsworth. It means that the character we form as children stays with us into adulthood.
Q7. Elegy কি?
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An Elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead (Song of Lamentation).
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An elegy is a mourning song. *Correction:* The question asks for 'a song of morning' (dawn song), which is usually an Aubade. However, the provided options are lyric, parody, elegy, ballad. The answer key marks 'elegy'. This is likely a typo in the question ('morning' instead of 'mourning'). If it means 'mourning', Elegy is correct. If it literally means Morning, none fit well, but 'Elegy' is the intended answer in this context of common exam questions with typos.
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'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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S.T. Coleridge was a close friend and contemporary of Wordsworth; together they published 'Lyrical Ballads'.