NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 8 English (Poetry) (Honeysuckle) Poem – 6 When I Set Out for Lyonnesse has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (Honeydew – Poem)
- Poem – 1 : The Ant and the Cricket
- Poem – 2 : Geography Lesson
- Poem – 3 : Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Poem – 4 : The Last Bargain
- Poem – 5 : The School Boy
- Poem – 7 : On the Grasshopper and Cricket
Poem – 6 (When I Set Out for Lyonnesse)
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away.
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.
When I returned from Lyonnesse
With magic in my eyes,
All marked with mute surmise
My radiance rare and fathomless,
When I returned from Lyonnesse
With magic in my eyes.
– THOMAS HARDY
Working with the Poem
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.
Answer –
(i) that it was very cold – rime
(ii) that it was late evening – starlight
(iii) that the traveller was alone – lonesomeness
2. (i) Something happened at Lyonnesse. It was
(a) improbable.
(b) impossible.
(c) unforeseeable.
Answer – (c) unforeseeable
(ii) Pick out two lines from stanza 2 to justify your answer.
Answer – “No prophet durst declare;
Nor did the wisest wizard guess”.
3. (i) Read the line (stanza 3) that implies the following.
‘Everyone noticed something, and they made guesses, but didn’t speak a word’.
Answer – “All marked with mute surmise”.
(ii) Now read the line that refers to what they noticed,
Answer – “My radiance rare and fathomless”.
