(a) Where were the Mariners ? (b) Who is the'It' referred to in these lines ?

Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

"In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, 

It perched for vespers nine; 

Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, 

Glimmered the white moonshine." 

(a) Where were the Mariners ? 

(b) Who is the'It' referred to in these lines ? 

(c) What does 'vespers nine' mean ? 

(d) Why was 'it' a boon for the sailors ?

Answer 1

(a) Away from the land of mist and snow/ in the sea/ ocean / on the ship. 

(b) The Albatross. 

(c) Fixed time of the arrival of Albatross/a fixed time every day (the evening church service/nine evenings. 

(d) Because it had brought luck and the sailors could move out the land of mist and snow.