Question

Happy the man, whose wish and care,

A few paternal acres bound,

Content to breathe his native air

In his own ground.

Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread

Whose flocks supply him with attire

Whose trees in summer yield him shade,

In winter, fire.

Questions:

1. What does the happy man own?

2. How are the happy man’s needs taken care of ?

3. What is the rhyming pattern the verse?

4. Explain – ‘content to breathe his native air in his native ground.’

5. What is the figure of speech in at the end of the verse?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) The happy man own ground