1. They tell them a curious story —
I don’t believe ’tis true;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you.
a) Who are ‘they’ and ‘them’ in the first line of this stanza?
b) Why does the poet believe the story to be true?
c) Why is the tale valuable?
d) Mention the literary device used in this stanza.
2. Therefore she kneaded another,
And still a smaller one;
But it looked, when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done.
a) What does ‘another’ refer to?
b) Why did the woman knead ‘another’?
c) What does the stanza reveal about the character of the woman?
d) Which poetic device has been used in line of the reference?
3.Then good Saint Peter grew angry,
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint.
The good Saint….. provoke a saint.
a) Why did Saint Peter grow angry?
b) What does ‘such a woman’ mean?
c) Why is ‘such a woman’ likely to provoke anger in a saint?
4. She had a scarlet cap on her head,
And that was left the same;
But all the rest of her clothes were burned
Black as a coal in the flame.
a) Who is ‘she’ in the first line?
b) What is the meaning of the term ‘scarlet’?
c) What had happened to her clothes?
d) Which figure of speech has been used in the last line of the stanza?
Answers
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Explanation:
a) They refers to the parents or elders. & Them refers to the children in Northland.
c)Each stanza follows the pattern of the rhyme scheme 'abcb' .
d) Enjambment
e)poem- A Legend of Northland
poet- Phoebe Cary
f) It is a curious and conventional story with a super natural element present at the end of the tale.
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Explanation:
1.a) THEY refers to elder people of Northland
Them refers to the young generation or the children
b) The story is not true because in the last the story says that the woman was changed to a woodpecker which cannot happen in real life.
c) The tale is valuable because it gives a deep meaning .It says that one should not be greedy and selfish..and should have the habit of sharing.
d) Literary device used is alliteration
2.a) ANOTHER refers to the cake she baked after the actual cake
b) Woman kneeded the another because according to her the cake which she baked was to big to be given freely.
c) Stanza reveals that the woman is very stingy.
3.a) Saint Peter grew angry because he was very angry and was even fainting but the stingy woman didn't gave her anything which could fulfill his hunger.
b) SUCH A WOMAN means that the woman was so selfish that she was even not giving the Saint something to eat ... which made the Saint angry
4.a) SHE refers to the woman who has now been converted to a woodpecker.
b) Scarlet means brilliant red colour
c) Her clothes were burnt under the chimney.
d) Figure of speech used in the last line of the Stanza is "SIMILE"