Hi Everyone!! This article will share Lord Ullin’s Daughter Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Thomas Campbell. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Devoted Friend, At Dotheboys Hall and The Wild Swans At Coole so, you can check these posts as well.
Lord Ullin’s Daughter Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. Lord Ullin’s daughter and her lover are trying to_____________
(a) escape the wrath of her father.
(b) settle in a distant land.
(c) challenge the storm in the lake.
(d) trying to prove their love for each other.
2. The boatman agrees to ferry them across because_________
(a) he has fallen in love with Lord Ullin’s daughter.
(b) he wants to avenge Lord Ullin.
(c) he has lost his love.
(d) he is sorry for the childlike innocence of the lady.
3. The mood changes in the poem. It transforms from _________
(a) happiness to fear.
(b) anxiety to grief.
(c) fear to happiness.
(d) love to pain.
4. The shore of Lochgyle has been referred to as ‘fatal shore!’ The poetic device used here is ________________
(a) metaphor
(b) simile
(c) transferred epithet
(d) onomatopoeia
Question 2: Read the lines and answer the questions:
“Now, who be ye, would cross Lochgyle,
This dark and stormy weather?”
(a) Who said these lines and to whom?
Answer: The boatman said these lines to the Highland chieftain.
(b) Why were they trying to cross the lake?
Answer: The chieftain and his lover, Lord Ullin’s daughter were trying to cross the lake to escape her father, Lord Ullin.
(c) How much money was the speaker offered with?
Answer: The boatman had been offered a silver pound to take the lovers across the lake.
(d) Did the speaker agree to take them across the Iake? Why?
Answer: The boatman agreed to ferry them across the stormy waters of Lochgyle. He did so not because of the silver pound but for the sake of the charming lady, the chieftain’s lover.
Question 3: Read the line and answer the questions:
“O haste thee, haste!”
(a) Who said these words and to whom? Where was the speaker?
Answer: Lord Ullin’s daughter said these words to the boatman. She was with the chieftain, and together they were trying to cross Lochgyle.
(b) Describe the weather at that time.
Answer: There was a terrible storm gathering, the lake was stormy, with ‘raging white’ waves. A strong wind blew and the sky was dark.
(c) What had the speaker just heard that made her want to hurry?
Answer: The sound of armed men riding towards them made her panic. She knew they would be captured if they did not hurry.
(d) What did the speaker not wish to face? What would she rather face instead?
Answer: She did not wish to face the anger of her father. She said she would rather face the angry skies and the stormy lake.
Lord Ullin’s Daughter Questions & Answers
Question 4: Read the line and answer the questions:
For, sore dismay’d through storm and shade,
His child he did discover: –
(a) Who is referred to as ‘he’ in the given lines? Who is the ‘child’?
Answer: ‘He’ is Lord Ullin. The ‘child’ is his daughter.
(b) Where is ‘he’? Why was he ‘dismay’d’?
Answer: Lord Ullin had been chasing the lovers and had just reached the shores of Lochgyle. He was ‘dismayed’ to find his beloved daughter in the middle of the stormy lake, with one arm reaching out for help and another around her lover.
(c) How had his mood changed when he reached that place?
Answer: Lord Ullin’s anger changed to sorrow when he reached the shore and saw his lovely daughter in danger of drowning in the lake.
(d) What appeal did he make to his child when he saw her?
Answer: He appealed to his daughter to come back, and was even ready to forgive her lover.
(e) Was his appeal answered? What happened instead?
Answer: His appeal was not answered as the storm proved too powerful and beyond the control of the boatman. His daughter could not come back even if she wanted to and Lord Ullin watched helplessly as she drowned. The waters of the lake overturned the boat and he lost his child’.
Question 5: The boatman risked his own life by agreeing to ferry the lovers. What impression do you form of the boatman?
Answer: The boatman was not greedy as he admitted that he would ferry the lovers not for the silver pound but for the charming lady. By doing so, he risked his own life for the two strangers. He ultimately must have drowned and lost his life as the boat was overturned by the raging storm. This shows that he was a brave and selfless man.
Question 6: Locate and write down any five examples of alliteration in the poem.
Answer:
- And fast before her father’s men, Three days we’ve fled together,
- Out spoke the hardy Highland wight
- And still they row’d amidst the roar
- The loud waves Iash’d the shore
- The water wild went o’er his child
Question 7: Explain the meaning of the lines,
‘O, too strong for human hand,
The tempest gather’d o’er her.’
Answer: The first line means the storm proved too strong for any human being to overcome it and the second means the storm gathered around the boat (with the lady in it) and the waves rose high, surrounding the boat.
Together, the lines indicate that the boatman could not maintain control over the boat and he and his passengers were around the waves (because of the raging storm). This also shows the insignificance of human beings against the power of nature.
Question 8: Identify and explain the figure of speech in the line, The water-wraith was shrieking.’
Answer: The figure of speech in the line is personification as water has been given a human-like quality (of a ghost) and was said to be screaming, referring to the loud noise made by the storm.
Question 9: Do you sympathize with Lord Ullin? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: We do sympathize with Lord Ullin when his beloved daughter drowns in the lake. However, because he was an overprotective father who did not want his daughter to marry the chieftain, his actions were driven by anger at his daughter eloping with a chieftain of a rival clan.
During the duration of the poem, we might feel he was being unreasonable, which makes it difficult to sympathize with him.
At the end, he watches, like a helpless bystander, his daughter being engulfed by the stormy waves. He is desperate to bring back his child but is unable to do so. As readers of the poem, our feelings towards Lord Ullin can be mixed, as we feel both sympathy for him and anger at him for foolishly driving his daughter towards death.
So, these were Lord Ullin’s Daughter Questions & Answers.