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Question
(i) Read the line (stanza 3) that implies the following:
‘Everyone noticed something, and they made
Guesses, but didn’t speak a word’.
(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.
Solution
(i) ‘All marked with mute surmise’
(ii) The line that refers to what they noticed is:
‘My radiance rare and fathomless’
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