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The Last Bargain

14 The Last Bargain

Introduction:

The poem “The Last Bargain” by Tagore is a sixteen lines poem composed in blank verse. Now, a bargain is an agreement in which both parties promise to do something for each other. In the poem, we see someone is looking for work, waiting to be hired. He strikes a bargain but thinks it worthless. He tries twice again but doesn’t like either. Finally, in the last bargain, when he is hired for nothing whatever, he is happy as never before.

Meanings of words and phrases:

  • hire: employ
  • stone-paved: a road covered with stones, so as to make a firm, level surface
  • naught : nothing
  • crooked : something having too many bends
  • pondered : to think carefully

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