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“Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow loss or pain, That has been and may be again?” (a) Who is singing and where? (b) What is the poet trying to guess?

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

“Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of today?
Some natural sorrow loss or pain,
That has been and may be again?”

(a) Who is singing and where?

(b) What is the poet trying to guess?

(c) What does ‘humble lay’ stand for?

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(a) The Solitary Reaper is singing in the field.

(b) The poet is trying to guess the theme of the song.

(c) ‘Humble lay’ stands for common man of the song and the song may be about the common, simple people or situations.

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