(1) What was the poet thinking of on his way to Lyonnesse?

Question

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions given below them:

What would bechance at Lyonnesse

While I should sojourn there,

No prophet durst declare;

Nor did the wisest wizard guess

What would bechance at Lyonnesse

While I should sojourn there.

(1) What was the poet thinking of on his way to Lyonnesse?

(2) What was the poet confident of?

(3) What is the meaning of ‘sojourn’ in this stanza ?

Answer 1

1. The poet was thinking about the happenings that are going to take place at Lyonnesse.

2. The poet was confident that neither any prophet nor any magician would be able to predict what was going to happen at Lyonnesse.

3. The meaning of ‘sojourn’ in this stanza is ‘stay’.