Question

14. So she made a very little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away.
a.
b.
c.
1.
Why did she bake a small cake?
What did she think about it as she saw it being baked?
What aspect of her character does this reveal?
How was she punished for her greed?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The woman in the poem has been shown as being highly stingy, miserly, greedy and mean by nature. Whenever she picked up a cake to give it away, it appeared to be too large to give away. Hence, she baked a ' very small cake for Saint Peter that was as thin as a wafer. ... The woman was greedy.

2.Here the poet is talking about the short woman to whom Saint Peter asked for giving him something to eat . And that woman made a very little cake but when she saw that little cake , it looked too much bigger than others .

3.She is selfish and miserly.

4.Saint Peter turned her into a woodpecker

Explanation:

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