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Question
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
With lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam,
All men are our kindred, the world is our home.
- Who does ‘we’ refer to? What do they have in their hands? What is its name?
- How are the men in the world related to the singers?
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Solution
- ‘We’ refers to the wandering singers. They have a musical instrument in their hands. Its name is ‘lute’.
- All the men in the world are considered to be relatives by the singers.
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