Question

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?



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Answer 1

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