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1. 1.

   Complete the summary of the poem given below by filling in the blanks. Choose words from the box:

   On a perfectly still day, the ship stood ________1________ in the _________2_______ sea. The bell on the rock did not _______3______. The _________4_______ of _______5_______ had placed this bell on the rock as a ________6________ to _______7_______. During a _______8_______, the bell would move and ring.

   Sir Ralph the Rover, while walking on his _______9_______, on this calm day noticed the _______10_______. He was ______11_______ and asked his men to row him to the people of the _______12_______. He did not like people to _______13_______ the kindness of the Abbot. He leant and ________14______the bell off.

   A year later, when _______15________ was sailing in the same sea, he faced _______16_______ weather. His seamen could not see the _______17_______. The ship ______18________ the rock and sank.

   crashed	Abbot	seafarers	deck	wicked	still
   Aberbrothok	warning	bell	Inchcape Rock	seastorm	ring
   calm	praise	Ralph	rough	land	cut

    

2. 2.

   How did the sailors benefit from the bell on the rock?
3. 3.

   Who was Sir Ralph the Rover? What kind of a person was he?
4. 4.

   How did Sir Ralph fall victim to his own wicked deed?
5. 5.

   Figure out the rhyme scheme of the poem.
6. 6.

   This poem belongs to the genre of 'Long Narrative Poems'. These poems generally detail a heroic deed and follow it up with a moral.