A Legend of the Northland
Q) Read the given stanzas and answer the questions that follow :
a)
Then she took a tiny scrap of dough
And rolled and rolled it flat
And baked it thin as a wafer-
But she couldn't part with that
i)Who is 'she in the above lines?
ii) Why did she take a tiny piece of the dough only?
iii) Pick the poetic device used in line 2 of the above stanza and name
iv) What kind of cake did she end up making?
v) Pick the poetic device used in line 3 of the above stanza and name
vi) What do the above lines tell you about the character of the 'she mentioned in the stanza?
b)
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
i) Who is 'He in the above lines?
ii) What time of the day has been referred to in the above stanza?
iii) Why was he feeling faint?
iv) What did he ask from the woman?
v) Pick the poetic device used in line 1 of the above stanza and name
vi) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?
02) Answer the following in about 30-40 words:
i) Why was Saint Peter angry with the woman?
ii) How did Saint Peter punish the woman?
iii) What was the effect of Saint Peter's curse on the woman?
Q3) Explain the values which the poet whishes to emphasize on through the le
gend of Saint Peter and the woman. (Word limit: 100-120)
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