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3. Whose corpses were there near the sea?

a) Fishermen’s wives b) Fishermen’s children c) Fishermen’s

4. What were the women doing after seeing the corpses of fishermen?
a) Weeping b) Wringing c) Both a) and b)

B. Complete the following stanza.
Three corpses _______________________________

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____________________________________ moaning.

C. Write the meaning of the following lines of the poem.

1. For men must work, and many to keep,
Thought the harbour bar be moaning.

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2. Thought storms be sudden, and waters deep,

And the harbour be moaning.
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A. Join the two parts and make compound words.
1. fisher work ________________________________

2. sun ball ________________________________

3. house man ________________________________
4. hand light ________________________________

B. Write another word with similar meaning.

1. work _____________________ 2. little _____________________
3. weep _____________________ 4. storm _____________________

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