CBSE NCERT Solution for class 8 English poem 7 When I set out for Lyonnesse

Working with the Poem

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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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