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Lord Ullin’s Daughter
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05/02/2021 7:09 pm
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
‘Twas vain: the loud waves lash’d the shore,
Return or aid preventing:
The water wild went o’er his child,
And he was left lamenting.
Paraphrase: Everything was useless. Loud waves had surrounded the shore. These waves were fatal to their life. Ullin’s daughter sank into the stormy water and died. He was left lamenting.
(a) What was ‘vain’ and how?
(b) Describe the waves of the sea.
(c) Who was left lamenting?
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05/02/2021 7:11 pm
(a) Lord Ullin’s late assurance of forgiving his daughter and her lover was of no use and hence, it was in vain.
(b) The stormy waves were beating against the shore.
(c) Lord Ullin was left lamenting the tragic death of his daughter.