Question

COMPREHENSION
A. Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions.
1. The bride had consented, the gallant came late:
a. What had the bride consented to?
b. Who was the gallant and why was he late?
2. Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword,
a. What did the bride's father say?
b. Why do you think the bride's father had his hand on his sword?
3. Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide-
a. Who spoke these words and to whom?
b. What was the Solway, and why did the speaker compare it to love?
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Answer 1

Answer:

a). The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.

Answer 2

Explanation:

a. What had the bride consented to?

b. Who was the gallant and why was he late?

2. Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword,

a. What did the bride's father say?

b. Why do you think the bride's father had his hand on his sword?

3. Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide-

a. Who spoke these words and to whom?

b. What was the Solway, and why did the speaker compare it to love?