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Read the lines from the poem and answer the following.He is very very like me. From the heels up to the head! Who does he refer to? Who does me refer to? Why are he and me alike? - English

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Read the lines from the poem and answer the following.
He is very very like me.
From the heels up to the head!

  1. Who does he refer to?
  2. Who does me refer to?
  3. Why are he and me alike?
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Solution

  1. ‘He' refers to the shadow.
  2. “Me’ refers to the child (the speaker) in the poem.
  3. ‘He’ and ‘me’ are alike because he’ is the shadow of ‘me’.
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Chapter 3.1: My Shadow - Let's read [Page 44]

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NCERT English - Marigold Class 5
Chapter 3.1 My Shadow
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