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1O. The Arrow
1O. The Arrow

and the
and the
UNIT-5

Song
Song

THEME
:

BONDS
Be Ready!

The poem highlights the enduring nature of true friendship.Our words and
actions, like arrows and songs, have an impact that may not always be
immediately visible. They can travel far and have a lasting effect, even if we

are not always aware of where they land.
UNBREAKABLE

Recite and Understand

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song.

Long, long afterward, in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.
–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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