(a) What is an Albatross? (b) Where did the bird come from? (c) Describe the poetic device used in the third line.

Question

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

At length did cross an Albatross, 

Through the fog it came; 

As it had been a Christian soul, 

We hailed it in God’s name.

Questions 

(a) What is an Albatross? 

(b) Where did the bird come from? 

(c) Describe the poetic device used in the third line.

Answer 1

(a) Albatross is a very large white sea-bird with long wings. 

(b) The bird came from through the fog. 

(c) It is simile.