Question

A Legend of the Northland

Q) Read the given stanzas and answer the questions that follow :
a)

Then she took a tiny scrap of dough
And rolled and rolled it flat
And baked it thin as a wafer-
But she couldn't part with that

i)Who is 'she in the above lines?
ii) Why did she take a tiny piece of the dough only?
iii) Pick the poetic device used in line 2 of the above stanza and name
iv) What kind of cake did she end up making?
v) Pick the poetic device used in line 3 of the above stanza and name
vi) What do the above lines tell you about the character of the 'she mentioned in the stanza?


b)

And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.

i) Who is 'He in the above lines?
ii) What time of the day has been referred to in the above stanza?
iii) Why was he feeling faint?
iv) What did he ask from the woman?
v) Pick the poetic device used in line 1 of the above stanza and name
vi) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?


02) Answer the following in about 30-40 words:
i) Why was Saint Peter angry with the woman?
ii) How did Saint Peter punish the woman?
iii) What was the effect of Saint Peter's curse on the woman?


Q3) Explain the values which the poet whishes to emphasize on through the le
gend of Saint Peter and the woman. (Word limit: 100-120)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

I give you a full summary to justify your answer

Answer 2

Answer:

a)

1. The little woman is the "she" in the above lines.
2. The little woman was so selfish that she couldn't part with even the small portion of cake that she had baked previously.  
3. The figure of speech used in the line is Repetition where the word "rolled" is repeated.  
4. She ended up making a cake as thin as a wafer.
5. The figure of speech used in the line is Simile where the thinness of the cake is compared to that of a wafer using "as".
6. The little woman was very greedy and selfish.

b)

1. Saint Peter is the "he" in the above lines.
2. The time of the day mentioned is probably late evening or night.
3. Saint Peter was fasting.
4. He asked the woman to give him only a single piece of cake from her store of cakes.
5. The figure of speech used is Alliteration where the sound of "f" is present in the words "faint" and "fasting".
6. Rhyme scheme is : abcb

Q2)

1. Saint Peter was fasting. He was already exhausted and hungry. But when he saw the woman's selfishness, he grew furious.
2. Angered by the woman's actions, he chastised her for being greedy despite being a human. Therefore, he cursed her to become a woodpecker who would go on foraging for food forever.
3. The cursed made her turn into a woodpecker who flew through the chimney, leaving only a scarlet cap on her head.

Q3) A Legend of the Northland by Phoebe Cary emphasizes the values of kindness and compassion. Human beings were created to impart love and benevolence. We are supposed to help people and feel others pain. We should never be greedy and selfish because material things are temporary but good values and our good deeds will always last till the end of time.

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