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thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,
And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh's brim.
The pools low lying, dank with moss and mould,
Glint through their mildews likelarge cups of gold.
Explain the lines of the poem Marshlands written by Emily Pauline Johnson.
For class 8
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Answer:
The first line describes the sky that looks down overtop of the marshes. Its is “thin” and “wet,” as if at any moment it could break open and storm. The edges of the blue, or more likely grey, are tinged with “yellow.” The color runs around the “rim” and ends where the sun has dipped down below the “brim.” A reader is now aware that the sun has almost vanished from the sky and it appears as if a storm is about to drench the land.
In the second line, the marsh is described as having “lip” and “brim.” The ecosystem within it is contained. It remains inside this enclosed area while the rest of the world operates differently.
The next couplet describes the “pools” that make up most of the floor of the marsh. They are low in the ground and filled with “moss and mould.” These areas are not pleasant, at least to those who do not naturally reside within the area. While they might be “dank” they are also clearly fertile. Plants grow heartily within and around the waters. The waters themselves still “Glint” through the layer of moss.
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