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Lord Ullin’s Daughter
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05/02/2021 7:26 pm
Topic starter
Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
“And by my word ! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry;
So, though the waves are raging white,
I’ll row you o’er the ferry.”
(a) Identify the speaker and the person spoken to.
(b) What is the occasion?
(c) What promise does the speaker make?
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05/02/2021 7:27 pm
(a) The hardy Highland Wight, i.e., the boatman is the speaker. He is speaking to the Chieftain and his bonny beloved, Lord Ullin’s daughter.
(b) The Chieftain and his beloved want to cross the glen at the earliest as they are being chased by Lord Ullin and his horsemen. The Chieftain is asking the Wight to ferry them across hurriedly.
(c) The speaker, i.e., the boatman promises to row them over in the ferry.