Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow in a line or two.
(a) “And the enemy half a mile away
They seemed no threat to us at all ”
(i) What were the soldiers expecting?
(ii) Where were the enemies?
(iii) Were they afraid? Why?
(b) “For what, we thought, had we to fear
With our arms and provender, load on load, ”
(i) What was the mood of the soldiers?
(ii) What made the soldiers confident?
(c) “ What could they offer us for bait?
Our captain was brave and we were true. ”
(i) What do you mean by bait?
(ii) Why did the soldiers believe that they were invincible?
