GRADE VIII SUBJECT: ENGLISH

CLASSWORK- When I Set Out for Lyonnesse

TO BE DONE IN THE NOTEBOOK

1. Which season is referred in the poem? Justify your answers.

2. What does the reader learn when he/ she reads the first two lines of the given stanza?
3. What inspired the poet to write this poem?
4. What changes occur in the poet after he returned from Lyonnesse?
5. What effect does the word ‘prophet’ has in stanza 2.
6. Bring out the significance of Lyonnesse in the poet’s life relating it to the devoutness of the
place. (Long Answer 120-150 words )