Read the poem again and complete the summary using the words given in box.
Stanzas 1-3
half-a-kilometre |
watching |
castle |
brave |
ration |
capture |
plenty |
confident |
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The Castle ’ by Edwin Muir is a moving poem on the (1) _____ of a well-guarded (2) _____ The soldiers of the castle were totally stress-free and relaxed. They were (3) _____ of theircastle’s physical strength. Through the turrets they were able to watch the mowers and noenemy was found up to the distance of (4) _____ and so they seemed no threat to the castle.They had (5) _____ of weapons to protect them and a large quantity of (6) _____ in stock to take care of the well-being of the soldiers inside the castle. The soldiers stood one above theother on the towering (7) _____ to shoot the enemy at sight. They believed that the castle was absolutely safe because their captain was (8) _____ and the soldiers were loyal.