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g. The narrator had his celery snatched but this tragedy was of a
value. The value was ………….

he will remember to safeguard his property
he will go home and lock the door

he won’t be out eating
2.2. Answer the following questions.

a. Which is the narrator’s favourite season?

b. What is the relation between autumn and celery according to

the narrator?
c. Write any three things the narrator did in that particular

morning.

d. How did Keats define autumn?
e. Where can celery be eaten better?

f. Who snatched the crispest shoots of celery while the narrator

was having it?

g. Why does the narrator suggest one should eat celery alone?

2.3. Read the essay again and find how the following expressions are
used and what they mean.

a. It is as fresh and clean as a rainy day after a spell of heat

b. Season of mists and mellow fruitlessness

c. Finis coronat opus
d. Now one remembers to lock the door

e. Life shall be lived well

2.4. Now elaborate any three of the expression in 2.3.

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