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In “The Hollow Men,” people are gathered on the beach of a tumid river, which is a river that is

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Incomplete question. Assumed you are referring to the poem "The Hollow Men" by T. S. Eliot. The options read;

a. swollen with excess water.

c. shallow and muddy.

b. icy and cold.

d. cluttered with leaves and trash.

Answer:

a. swollen with excess water.

Step-by-step explanation:

Indeed, in that poem one of the lines of the poem reads;

"In this last of meeting places

We grope together

And avoid speech

Gathered on this beach of the tumid river".

The expression "tumid" used could also mean, "swollen", hence, the context suggests the author is referring to a river that is swollen with excess water.

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