Question

While Ernest had been growing old, God had granted a new poet to this earth. He, too, was a native of the valley, but had spent the greater part of his life in distant cities, pouring out his sweet music everywhere. Neither was the Great Stone Face forgotten, for the poet had celebrated it in a poem. The songs of this poet found their way to Ernest. He read them after his customary toil, seated on the bench before his cottage door. As he rea he lifted his eyes to the mountain.

a) Who is ‘he’ in the above passage? b) Who had granted a new poet to this earth?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Ernest was himself the Great Stone Face.  

B)God had granted a new poet to this earth.

Explanation:

A) Because the thought he had wrote matched with the thought of Ernest. He saw the Great Stone Face covered with the white mist like Ernest’s face coloured with the white hair.

B) He, too, was a native of the valley, but had spent the greater part of his life in distant cities, pouring out his sweet music everywhere. Neither was the Great Stone Face forgotten, for the poet had celebrated it in a poem. The songs of this poet found their way to Ernest. He read them after his customary toil, seated on the bench before his cottage door. As he read he lifted his eyes to the mountain.