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Que : 62. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Behold her, single in the field,

Yon solitary Highland Lass!

Reaping and singing by herself;

Stop here, or gently pass!

Alone she cuts and binding grain,

And sings a melancholy strain;

O listen ! for the Vale profound

Is overflowing with the sound.


Questions:


(i) What did the poet see in the field?

(ii) What was she doing in the field?

(iii) What was the whole valley overflowing with?


Answer:

(i) The poet saw a mountain girl in the field.

(ii) She was reaping and singing in the field.

(iii) The whole valley was overflowing with melancholy strain sung by the mountain girl.


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