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  And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. (i) Identify 'them' in the current stanza. (ii) Why does the poet repeat the last two lines? (iii) Explain, 'But I go on forever'.

Answer:

                  (i) Stones, pebbles, flowers and fishes refers to them in the current stanza. (ii) Because he wants to emphasise that man is born and dies, but the brook's existence is permanent. (iii) The poet contrasts the timelessness of the brook with the finite nature of human existence.