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Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The mood of the poem is
  • A. hopeful
  • B. joyful
  • C. nostalgic
  • D. exciting
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Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The sheep was led to the slaughter
  • A. to prepare their evening meal
  • B. because it was a troublesome sheep
  • C. because their father was a butcher
  • D. as a sacrifice to their gods
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Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

''To appease the gods''...''implies
  • A. seeking the favour of the gods
  • B. offering meals to the gods
  • C. accusing the gods for their misfortune
  • D. reciting incantations to the gods
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29
Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The underlined means that
  • A. they were living in a house with a high wall
  • B. their building is no longer where it used to be
  • C. the children had caused the wall to crumble
  • D. their father made them pull down the wall
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Read the poem and answer the question

Here stood our ancestral home
The crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.

The image used in line six is taken from
  • A. war
  • B. the moon
  • C. flowers
  • D. prison
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