When I Set Out for Lyonnesse NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Poem 7
Question 1.
In the first stanza, find words that show
(i) that it was very cold.
(ii) that it was late evening.
(iii) that the traveller was alone.
Answer:
(a) rime
(b) starlight
(c) lonesomeness
Question 2.
(i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was
(a) improbable.
(b) impossible
(c) unforeseeable.
Answer:
(a) improbable
(c) unforeseeable
(ii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.
Answer:
No prophet durst declare
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
Question 3.
(i) Read the line (Stanza) that implies the following:
“Everyone noticed something, and they made
guesses, but didn’t speak a word.”
Answer:
All marked with mute surmise
(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.
Answer:
My radiance rare and fathomless.
When I Set Out for Lyonnesse Introduction
British poet and novelist Thomas Hardy once visited a parish to supervise the restoration of a church. He was then a young apprentice architect. The people noticed two things about him-a new glow in his eyes and a crumpled piece of paper sticking out of his coat pocket. That paper contained the draft of a poem-you are going to read below.
When I Set Out for Lyonnesse Word Notes
When I Set Out for Lyonnesse Complete Hindi Translation
