Question

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow:
“His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover,
Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?”
(a) Who is ‘his’ in line 1? Who does ‘us’ refer to?
(b) Explain: ‘cheer my bonny bride’.
(c) Why would the lover be slain?​

Answer 1

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(a) ‘His’ stands for Lord Ullin. ‘Us’ refers to Lord Ullin’s daughter and her lover.

(b) It means that if the Scottish chieftain is killed, there will be no one to look after and make his beautiful bride happy.

(c) If the lover is caught, it is sure that he will be killed by Lord Ullin and his armed men. Lord Ullin doesn’t want his daughter to marry her lover.

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Answer 2

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(a) ‘His’ stands for Lord Ullin. ‘Us’ refers to Lord Ullin’s daughter and her lover.

(b) It means that if the Scottish chieftain is killed, there will be no one to look after and make his beautiful bride happy.

(c) If the lover is caught, it is sure that he will be killed by Lord Ullin and his armed men. Lord Ullin doesn’t want his daughter to marry her lover.

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