Select the most appropriate article to fill in the blank.

Rabindranath Tagore, ________ poet, was famous for his poetical work, Gitanjali.

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Select the most appropriate article to fill in the blank.

Rabindranath Tagore, ________ poet, was famous for his poetical work, Gitanjali.

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**Solution:**

1. The sentence is: "Rabindranath Tagore, ________ poet, was famous for his poetical work, Gitanjali."

2. The blank requires an article before the noun "poet".

3. The options are:
   - **a**: Used before words starting with a consonant sound, referring to any one of many.
   - **an**: Used before words starting with a vowel sound.
   - **the**: Used to refer to a specific or unique noun.
   - No article: Sometimes used with plural or uncountable nouns.

4. Rabindranath Tagore is a specific, well-known poet, so the definite article **the** is appropriate here to indicate he is a particular poet known to the reader.

5. Using **a** or **an** would imply any poet, which is less precise.

6. Therefore, the correct article is **the**.

**Answer:** the

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