Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard
In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird.
Breaking the silence of the seas
Among the farthest Hebrides.
Paraphrase: The poet says that such a sweet voice was never heard by him even from the cuckoo in the spring season. The voice of the girl was so sweet that it broke the silence of the seas and of the far off islands on north-western cost of Scotland.
(a) Whose voice fascinated the poet so much?
(b) Why does the poet compare the girl’s voice with that of cuckoo?
(c) Write the adjective form of ‘silence’.
(a) The voice of the reaper enthralled the poet very much.
(b) The voice of a cuckoo is very sweet. That is why the poet compares the sweet voice of the reaper with that of a cuckoo.
(c) Silent.