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Read the sets of lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

 “This is my son, mine own Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle Well-loved of me, ”

(i) Who does Ulysses entrust his kingdom to, in his absence?

(ii) Bring out the significance of the ‘sceptre’.

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(i) Ulysses entrusts his kingdom to his beloved son Telemachus in his absence.

(ii) Sceptre is an ornamental staff carried by a King on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignity. It symbolizes the power of a king.

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