Question

SECTION-B (READING ) - 8 Marks
B.1. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
SYMPATHY
I lay in sorrow, deep distressed;
My grief a proud man heard;
His looks were cold, he gave me gold,
But not a kindly word.
My sorrow passed- I paid him back.
The gold he gave to me;
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks,
And blessed his charity.
I lay in want, and grief and pain;
A poor man passed my way,
He bound my head, he gave me bread,
He watched me night and day.
How shall I pay him back again,
For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy,
-----------Charles Mackay
On the basis of your reading of the above poem, answer the following questions.
(1x4 = 4
a) Who helped the poet at first?
b) How did he help the poet?
c) What did the poet not get from him?
d) What did the poet do when his 'sorrow passed"?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation: a-My grief a proud man heard;

b-He bound my head, he gave me bread,

He watched me night and day.

c-

d-I paid him back.

The gold he gave to me;

Then stood erect and spoke my thanks,

And blessed his charity.