Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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 extract & what did he ask her to give him?
ii) What is the poetic device used in the 1
st line?
iii) Trace a word from the extract that means ‘weak’.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.he asked her to give him a single cake from her store

2.

3.faint means weak