‘I wind about, and in and out.' What kind of a picture does this line create in your mind?

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‘I wind about, and in and out’ creates a picture of a labyrinth in the mind of the readers. The flow of the brook has been mentioned to resemble that of a maze.

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I chatter, chatter, as I flow

To join the brimming river,

For men may come and men may go,

But I go on for ever.

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(d) Explain the last two lines of the stanza.

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