And still they row’d amidst the roar Of waters fast prevailing: Lord Ullin reach’d that fatal shore, His wrath was changed to wailing.

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
And still they row’d amidst the roar
Of waters fast prevailing:
Lord Ullin reach’d that fatal shore,
His wrath was changed to wailing.
Paraphrase: And still they rowed in the middle of roaring water that was fast overpowering the boat. Lord Ullin reached the fatal shore. His anger changed into crying and wailing.
(a) Who were ‘they’?
(b) How did they row amid the roar of the stormy sea?
(c) What happened to Lord Ullin’s anger when he reached that “fatal shore”?

(a) They were the boatman, Lord Ullin’s daughter and Ulva’s chieftain.
(b) They rowed amid the roar of the stormy sea that was overcoming the boat.
(c) Lord Ullin’s anger changed into crying and wailing when he reached that ‘fatal shore’.
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