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Question
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
They growl at that and they growl at this;
Whatever comes, there is something amiss;
- What does the word ‘growl’ mean here?
- Why do they find everything amiss?
Solution
- The word ‘growl’ means shouting or snarling at everything.
- They find everything amiss or quite wrong because they are never satisfied with anything. They shout and complain about everything.
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