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Read the Above Lines and Answer the Question that Follow. What is Meant by “Free Bird Thinks of Another Breeze”? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What is meant by “free bird thinks of another breeze”?

Answer in Brief

Solution

The poet wants to show the freedom which the free bird has. It can soar in the skies to various places , wherever it wants to go to find its food and enjoy the breeze.

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