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  With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. (i) Explain the first line. (ii) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is................ (iii) Which word tells us that it also flows by the piece of land that extends into the sea? or (i) Who is 'I' here? (ii) What is the literary device used in the first line? (iii) What is the aim of the brook?  

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                  (i) The brook flows in a curve because, at one point the path curves and it wears away. (ii) abab (iii) Foreland indicates the piece of land that extends into the sea. or (i) 'I' refers to the brook here. (ii) Personification has been used in the first line. (iii) The aim of the brook is to merge with the brimming river.