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Explain pathetic fallacy in the singing lesson

Explain pathetic fallacy in the singing lesson

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    Miss Meadows noticed the nature outside being in sync with her sadness. She noticed that the willow trees, outside the high, narrow windows, waved in the wind. They had lost half their leaves. She felt as if that mirrored her grief- left with only a little bit of happiness which itself was fading away quickly. Repetition of the lament which reflected her sorrow also hinges on pathetic fallacy. While she was thinking of the line, “soon Autumn yields unto Winter Drear” she realized slowly that she too would have to disappear somewhere. Just like the voices beginning to fade, to whisper, she too would have to vanish away slowly and quietly.

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