Q2 of 26 Page 75

“The king, sword in hand” suggests

(i) wealth (ii) power (iii) more power than wealth


Mark the appropriate item in the context of stanza 1.

“The king, sword in hand” suggests (ii) power. What the king has but no one else have to match him, is power. The king might as well be the wealthiest person in his state but it is power that sets him apart from any of his men.


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Find the poem, lines that match the following. Read both one after another.

(i) I have nothing to give you


except goodwill & cheer.


(ii) Her happiness was no more


than sorrow in disguise.


(iii) The king’s might was not worth much.