“And every tongue, through utter drought, Was withered at the root; We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot.”

Question

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

“And every tongue, through utter drought, 

Was withered at the root;

We could not speak, no more than if

We had been choked with soot.” 

(a) Every tongue was withered due to ........... 

(b) ‘We’ here stands for ..........

(c) The tongue was like a ..........

(d) ‘We’ here refers to .......... 

Answer 1

(a) completely dry weather.

(b) all the Mariners in the ship.

(c) plant, the roots of which had gone dry.

(d) All the sailors in the ship