Summary & Question-answers of The Poem :7- When I Set Out for Lyonnesse with the concerned video

When I Set Out for Lyonnesse Summary In English IntroductionThomas Hardy once visited a Parish to supervise the restoration of a church. On his return people noticed two things about him. There was a new glow in his eyes. There was also a piece of paper peeping out of his coat pocket. This paper had the draft of the present poem.Going for the RestorationThe poet says that he had gone for the res-toration of a church. When he started he hardly knew that the visit would be so invigorating. It proved to be like visiting Lyonnesse. He had left for the Parish all alone on a very cold evening. The Parish was a hundred miles away. The foliage was covered with frost. The stars guided his lonesome path. Stay at the ParishHe had to stay at the Parish for sometime. In that short period, he found something happening to him. It was an inner change which was sudden and unexpected. The poet says that at the start of his journey no one could think of such a change in him. No prophet or wizard could have guessed the happening there.The Inner ChangeWhen the poet returned from the Parish, everyone noticed a glow in his eyes. They didn’t speak a word. However, they were impressed by the rare and deep radiance of his eyes.

WORKING WITH THE POEM (PAGE 110)

Questions:

1. In the first stanza, find words that show

(i) that it was very cold.

(ii) that it was late evening.

(iii) that the traveller was alone.

2. (i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was

(a) improbable.

(b) impossible.

(c) unforeseeable.

(iii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.

3. (i) Read the line (stanza 3) that implies the following.

“Everyone noticed something, and they made guesses, but didn’t speak a word’.

(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed.

Answers:

1.

(i) The word “rime’ shows that it was very cold.

(ii) The word ‘starlight’ shows that it was late evening.

(iii) The word ‘lonesomeness’ shows that the traveller was alone.

2.

(i) Unforeseeable.

The relevant lines are:

No prophet durst declare

Nor did the wisest wizard guess

What would be chance at Lyonnesse