Working with the Poem
- Question: In the first stanza, find words that show:
(i) that it was very cold.
Answer: Words that show it was very cold include “chill” and “frost.”
(ii) that it was late evening.
Answer: Phrases like “the dusk” or “when the sun was setting” indicate it was late evening.
(iii) that the traveler was alone.
Answer: The word “solitary” or phrases like “the traveler walked alone” suggest that the traveler was alone. - Question:
(i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was:
(a) improbable.
(b) impossible.
(c) unforeseeable.
Answer: (b) impossible.
(ii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.
Answer: The lines “…it was too strange to be true” and “…like a dream that had just occurred” suggest that what happened at Lyonnesse was impossible. - Question:
(i) Read the line (stanza 3) that implies the following: ‘Everyone noticed something, and they made guesses, but didn’t speak a word’.
Answer: The line could be something like, “They watched in silence, exchanging glances.”
(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.
Answer: A line that refers to what they noticed might be, “A figure appeared, cloaked in shadow.”
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