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प्रश्न
Look for some more poems in the rain and see how this one is different from them.
उत्तर
(1) ‘The Rainy Day’ by Rabindranath Tagore.
(2) ‘Song for the Rainy Season’ by Elizabeth Bishop
(3) ‘An Autumn Rain-Scene’ by Thomas Hardy
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