The bridegroom’s doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set : Mays’t hear the merry din

Question

Read the extracts given below and complete the statements that follow :

The bridegroom’s doors are opened wide,

And I am next of kin;

The guests are met, the feast is set :

Mays’t hear the merry din.

(a) Who speaks the above lines?

(b) What occasion is being described?

(c) What does the word, ‘merry’ mean?

(d) Name the poem? 

Answer 1

Value Points :

(a) The wedding guest

(b) It is the wedding to one of the relatives of the man whom the Ancient mariner had stopped.

(c) happy / cheerful / joyful

(d) The name of the poem is ‘The River of the Ancient Mariner’.