1 . Read the poem and answer the questions Behold her, single in the field, You solitray Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt, Among Arabian sands: A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the fatherst Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending; I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. 1.What are the two of the possibilities that the speaker imagines about the song of the girl?
- A. the blisters on her hands and the ache in her back
- B. some past or some present sorrow, pain and loss
- C. both of the above are correct
- D. none of the above is correct
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