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Question
Read the following lines from the poem and answer the question that follow.
I was angry with my friend.
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe.
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
Pick out the rhyming words.
Solution
friend – end; foe – grow
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