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Question
Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements (1) and (2) from Borrowing's poem, 'The Patriot'.
Statement (1): The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.
Statement (2): There's nobody on the house-tops now.
Options
(1) means the same as (2).
(1) is a contrast of (2).
(1) is true and (2) is false.
(1) is false and (2) is true.
Solution
(1) is a contrast of (2).
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