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English Core · 2025 · 2 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q10
How do the expressions 'polished traffic' and a stand that 'pathetically pled' depict the contrasting worlds that co-exist in the poem ' A Roadside…
How do the expressions 'polished traffic' and a stand that 'pathetically pled' depict the contrasting worlds that co-exist in the poem ' A Roadside Stand'?
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'Polished traffic' - sophisticated people of the city in their cars/rich urban people
'pathetically pled' refers to the miserable living condition of the rural people/owners of the roadside stand
the rural-urban divide/difference between rich and poor/economic disparity of the society
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