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    Class 7th Poem - Friends and Flatterers

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    This poem contrasts true friends with flatterers. It notes that a flatterer's words are empty and can change, while a true friend's actions have deeper impact and stay by your side through hard times. A flatterer may use pleasing words but secretly plan against you, only showing their true colors when it benefits them. True friends are faithful, while flatterers are "flattering foes."

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    This poem contrasts true friends with flatterers. It notes that a flatterer's words are empty and can change, while a true friend's actions have deeper impact and stay by your side through hard times. A flatterer may use pleasing words but secretly plan against you, only showing their true colors when it benefits them. True friends are faithful, while flatterers are "flattering foes."

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    This poem contrasts true friends with flatterers. It notes that a flatterer's words are empty and can change, while a true friend's actions have deeper impact and stay by your side through hard times. A flatterer may use pleasing words but secretly plan against you, only showing their true colors when it benefits them. True friends are faithful, while flatterers are "flattering foes."

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    This poem contrasts true friends with flatterers. It notes that a flatterer's words are empty and can change, while a true friend's actions have deeper impact and stay by your side through hard times. A flatterer may use pleasing words but secretly plan against you, only showing their true colors when it benefits them. True friends are faithful, while flatterers are "flattering foes."

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    Poem - Friends and Flatterers

    William Shakespeare
    B. Answer these questions
    1. a. A flatterer’s words are being referred to. Words are easy
    because they are pointless and changeable.
    b. Actions are hard because they leave a deeper impact.
    2. A true friend never uses us for his own selfish ends. But a false
    friend does. A true friend stays by our side when we are in sorrow or
    misery but a false friend leaves us when we are unfortunate.
    3. A flatterer can be a foe when he does not show his true colours.
    He may please us through his tongue but in his mind, he may plan
    against us and may back stab at an opportune moment.
    4. The words charm and fawn have meanings similar to flatter. The
    words condemn and criticise mean exactly the opposite.
    5. Flattering foe is the phrase that stands for the opposite of faithful
    friend.
    Appreciating the poem
    1. The other examples of inversion in the poem are:
    i) And with such like flattering
    ii) But if fortune once do frown
    iii) He with thee doth bear a part
    2. The other examples of alliteration (repetition of consonant
    sound) in the poem are:
    i) Flattering foe
    ii) Fortune once do frown
    iii) Store of crowns be scant
    Extra Questions
    1. What does the frown of fortune indicate?
    Ans. Frown of fortune indicates bad luck.
    2. Who is the prodigal person?
    Ans. A prodigal person is a spendthrift who spends his money
    extravagantly and does not care about his future, that is why he
    is always surrounded by many flatteres.

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