Read the following lines and answer the questions the follow:-

“His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

(a) Who is ‘his’ in line 1? Who does ‘us’ refer to?

(b) Explain − ‘cheer my bonny bride’.

(c) Why would the lover be slain?

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Solution

(a) ‘His’ in line 1 is Lord Ullin. ‘Us’ refers to Lord Ullin’s daughter and her lover.

(b) ‘Cheer my bonny bride’ means ‘make my beautiful wife happy’.

(c) The lover would be slain because Lord Ullin did not approve of the match, and was angry at the chieftain for eloping with his daughter.

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Should they our steps discover,

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(ii) Why was he delighted?

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