Farewell to barn and Stack and Tree – A.E Housman (Stanza Two) Welcome to Farewell to barn and Stack and Tree – A.E Housman (Stanza Two) Your name Your School 1. What is the time indicated in the second stanzaNightMorningNoonAfternoon2. What is the prominence of the possessive pronoun in the 4th line?It makes the narrator responsible for the crimeNone of the available answers hereIt excludes the responsibility of the narrator from the crimeIt suggests that the narrator stabbed Maurice with his knife3. According the description of the narrator, at what time has the murder taken place?EveningMorningNightNoon4. Why does the narrator not reveal the death of Maurice directly in the 3rd and 4th lines?Due to his overwhelming guiltDue to his lack of will to accept the realityDue to his fear to face the societyDue to his lack of will to be judged5. What is the prominent poetic technique used in the 3rd line?EuphemismCacophonyMetaphorSynecdoche6. What is figuratively suggested by the 'half-mown' hill?Incompletion of the lives of the convict and the victimThe narrator's inability to complete the action of cutting grassThe disappointment of the narratorThe pastoral setting of the poem7. What are the three evidence available in the stanza two to prove that Maurice is dead?The knife in his side, half-mown hill, and bloodMotionlessness of Maurice, dried blood, and the The knife which pierced his bodyMaurice's action of lying on hay, dried blood and his motionlessnessNone of the available answers8. what is emphasized by the use of anastrophe in the 3rd line?Victimization of MauriceNone of the answers available hereMotionlessness of MauriceDormant nature of Maurice9. Definition of euphemism is..Reduction of the harshness of an idea with the replacement of direct and harsh words with substitute termsA part of something which relates to a greater conceptUse of elaborative terms to describe a simple conceptDirect comparison between two unlike objects10. What characteristics of the narrator are revealed in the second line?His murderous and villainous characterHis hesitation and guilt to reveal what he has doneHis innocence and his will to accept his crimeHis haphazard and reckless naturePlease fill in the comment box below.
