“And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold, And ice, mast high, came floating by As green as emerald.”

Question

Read the extracts given below and complete the statements that follow :

“And now there came both mist and snow,

And it grew wondrous cold,

And ice, mast high, came floating by

As green as emerald.”

(a) It grew wondrous cold because ...........

(b) The floating ice was ...........

(c) The poetic device used in the last line is ...........

(d) The sailors are in the ......... .

Answer 1

(a) the ship had reached the Polar region.

(b) as high as the mast of the ship.

(c) simile.

(d) Land of mist and snow/polar region