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  Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Same natural sorrow, loss or pain, That has been and may be again? (i) The poet conjectures about....................... (ii) Lay here means what? (iii) Explain the last line. or (i) Who is singing and where? (ii) What is the poet trying to guess? (iii) What does 'humble lay' stand for?

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                  (i) the subject matter of the song of the reaper. (ii) It means the song. (iii) The reaper could be singing about the loss or pain which has already occurred and may occur again. This sorrow is of universal nature. or (i) The solitary reaper is singing in the field.          (ii) The poet is trying to guess the theme of the song.  (iii) 'Humble lay' stands for the song of the reaper which may be about a common thing.