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प्रश्न
‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.’
This line of the poem can be rewritten as:
'He would be of a dull soul.'
The figure of speech is known as ‘Inversion’.
Find out one more example of Inversion from the poem.
उत्तर
- “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by”
Inversion: The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “He could pass by would be of the dull soul”. - “Never did sun more beautifully steep”
Inversion: The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “The sun never did more beautifully steep”. - “Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep!”
Inversion: The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “I ne'er (never) saw, never felt, a calm so deep!”.
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j) Find out the word which is the antonym of ‘natural’ in para 3.
