Question

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

And why should this chain of miracles be easier to believe

Than that my darling should come to me as naturally

As she trusts a restaurant not to poison her?

They are simply examples of well-known types of miracle, The two of them,

That can happen at any time of the day or night.

(i) What chain of miracles does the speaker refer to?

(ii) What is the trust of the speaker’* darling in coming to him naturally, compared to?

(iii) What are the two examples of miracles?

(iv) What can happen at any time of day or night?

Answer 1

(i) The speaker refers to the chain of miracles that saves a fisherman from being at sea during a storm.

(ii) It is compared to the trust she places in a restaurant not to poison her.

(iii) The two examples are those of the fishermen and the speaker’* darling.

(iv) The miracles (such as the ones described in the poem) can happen at any time of day or night.