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“Alone she cuts and binds the grain; And sings a melancholy strain; Listen for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.” (a) Who is ‘she’ in the above lines? (b) What kind of a song is she singing?

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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:

“Alone she cuts and binds the grain;
And sings a melancholy strain;
Listen for the vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.”

(a) Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?

(b) What kind of a song is she singing?

(c) What does the expression ‘vale profound’ mean?

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(a) ‘She’ in the above lines refer to the solitary reaper.

(b) She is singing a sad and melancholic song.

(c) ‘Vale profound’ means the deep valley.

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