Reading Comprehension #14016

Practice Exercise 15 C

Narrative Poetry

  1. Answer the questions.

    1. Write the rhyme scheme beside the following stanza.

      ____   On either side the river lie
      ____   Long fields of barley and of rye,
      ____   That clothe the world and meet the sky;
      ____   And thro’ the field the road runs by
      ____   To many-tower’d Camelot;
      ____   And up and down the people go,
      ____   Gazing where the lilies blow
      ____   Round an island there below,
      ____   The island of Shalott.


    2. Describe the setting of the poem.

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    3. What is the tone or feeling created by the poem? Give two examples.

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