Question

…But tell me, dear cricket, did you lay nothing by 3 When the weather was warm? Quoth the cricket, “Not I! …

a) What was the cricket doing instead of laying things by?

b) Which old English word has been used here? What does it mean?

c) Name one poetic device you can find here.

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The cricketer was dancing and enjoying the summer season

(b) Quoth

(c) Alliteration and Repetation