“They tell them a curious story —
I don’t believe ’tis true;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you.”
a) Who are ‘they’ in the given stanza?
b) Who are ‘them’ in the given stanza?
c) Write the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?
d) Identify a poetic device used in the given stanza.
e) Name the poem and the poet.
f) Why does the poet call it a ‘curious story’?
Answers
Explanation:
a) They refers to the parents or elders.
b)Them refers to the children in Northland.
c)Each stanza follows the pattern of the rhyme scheme 'abcb' .
d) Enjambment
e)poem- A Legend of Northland
poet- Phoebe Cary
f) It is a curious and conventional story with a super natural element present at the end of the tale.
Answer:
This stanza is from the story "Legend of the northlands"
Explanation:
a) In the given stanza 'they' refers to the parents or elders, people living in Northlands.
b)Them refers to the children living in the Northland.
c)Each stanza follows the pattern of the rhyme scheme 'abcb' .
d) A poetic device used in the given stanza is Enjambment. Enjambment is a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. An enjambed line typically lacks punctuation at its line break, so the reader is carried smoothly and swiftly—without interruption—to the next line of the poem.
e) The poem is A Legend of Northland and the poet is Phoebe Cary
f) The poet call it as a curious story because It is a curious and conventional story with a super natural element present at the end of the tale. It is the story of St. Peter and a greedy little woman. The poet himself doesn't believe in the truth of the story.
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