Question

Read the poem and answer the following Questions
No prophet durst declare ;
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
What would bechance at lyonnesse
While i should sojourn there.

The poet was going to ---------------- *

(a) meet a wise man
(b) a wizard’s house
(c) meet a prophet
(d) stay at Lyonnesse

ii) The lines No prophet……..Wizard guess highlights *

(a) uncertainty
(b) mystery
(c) certainty
(d) concealment

iii) Lyonnesse, which is believed to have been submerged under the sea was …… *

(a) a beautiful church
(b) a country in legends
(c) poet’s birth place
(d ) prophet’s native place

iv)The word sojourn means -------------- *

(a) a brief stay
(b) a holiday
(c) a house
(d) a vacation

v) Identify the figure of speech used in the above extract . *

(a) metaphor
(b) personification
(c) simile
(d) alliteration

Answer 1

1. mystery

2. uncertainly

3. poets birth place

4. a vacation

5. personification