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  Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.                                                     (1 x 3 = 3) "Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever" (i) Where is Philip's farm situated? (ii) What does the phrase 'brimming river' mean? (iii) Which poetic device is used here? Or "They carried the big dog into the house. Marcy took one look at Duke's breathing/ at his brown eyes with the stubbornness gone." (i) What happened to Duke? (ii) What does the word "stubbornness" mean? (iii) Whose 'eyes' are referred here?

Answer:

  (i)  Philip's farm is situated close to the brimming river in which the Brook finally merges. (ii) Brimming river suggests that the river is over flowing with water. (iii) Personification and refrain have been used here. Or (i) Duke was drugged and his injuries were severe. (ii) The word means obstinacy. (iii) Duke's eyes are referred here.