In Stanza 10, the poet says −

The boat has left a stormy land,

A stormy sea before, her, --

(a) In both these lines, the word “stormy” assumes different connotations. What are they?

(b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?

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(a) In the first line, ‘stormy’ refers to the hostile attitude of Lord Ullin towards his daughter’s elopement. In the second line ‘stormy’ refers to the storm in the lake.

(b) The dilemma which the lady faces is that she can either go back to an angry father or face a stormy sea.

She chooses to faces the stormy sea.

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In Stanza 10, the poet says −

The boat has left a stormy land,

A stormy sea before, her, --

The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?

In Stanza 10, the poet says −

The boat has left a stormy land,

A stormy sea before, her, --

In both these lines, the word “stormy” assumes different connotations. What are they?

In pairs copy and complete the summary of the poem with suitable words/expressions:-

A Scottish Chieftain and his beloved were (a) _____________from her wrathful father. As they reached the shores, the (b) ____________ told a boatman to (c) ____________ them across Lochgyle. He asked him to do it fast because if (d) ______________found them, they would kill him. The boatman (e) ________________to take them not for the

(f) _____________that the chieftain offered but for his (g) ____________. By this time, the storm had (h) _____________and a wild wind had started blowing. The sound of

(i) _______________could be heard close at hand. The lady urged the boatman

(j) _____________as she did not want to face an angry father.

Their boat left the (k) ______________and as it got caught in the stormy sea, Lord Ullin reached the deadly (l)_____________. His anger changed to wailing when he saw his daughter (m) ______________. He asked her to return back. But it was (n) __________ as the stormy sea claimed his daughter and her lover.

Q. Write a short story within 200 words beginning with "It was a dark and stormy night...". Give a suitable to the story.

“Imagery” refers to something that can be perceived through more than one of the senses. It uses figurative language to help form mental pictures. Campbell used vivid, diverse and powerful imagery to personify the menacing face of nature (for e.g. sea, sky, wind, land). Pick out expressions that convey the images of anger in the following stanzas:

Stanza 6	-
Stanza 7	‘Water-wraith was shrieking’
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Stanza 9	-
Stanza 10	-
	‘Stormy land’
Stanza 13	-
Stanza 14	-

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In Stanza 10, the poet says − The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before, her, -- (a) In both these lines, the word “stormy” assumes different connotations. What are they? (b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?

In Stanza 10, the poet says −

The boat has left a stormy land,

A stormy sea before, her, --

(a) In both these lines, the word “stormy” assumes different connotations. What are they?

(b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?