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Question
Did something dreadful happen? How would you describe the events in the poem– comedy or tragedy?
Solution
Nothing dreadful happened. The poem has comical sense. The unreasonable attitude of sage makes humour throughout the poem.
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| faithfully | change | pigtail | round | sage | down | slack |
| out | hung | place | behind | vain | face |
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