“It ate the food it ne’ver had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through ?”

Question

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

“It ate the food it ne’ver had eat,

And round and round it flew.

The ice did split with a thunder-fit;

The helmsman steered us through ?”

(a) What is ‘It’ referred to here ?

(b) Why did ‘it’ eat the food it never had ?

(c) How did their fate change after its appearance ?

(d) Identify the figures of speech in line 2.

Answer 1

(a) It here refers to the Albatross. 

(b) ‘It’ ate that food because it was the only food available there.

(c) After its appearance, the ship was steered to safety.

(d) Repetition.