CBSE Class 8 · English · Honeydew
When I Set Out for Lyonnesse
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 8 English.
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About the author
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) was an English novelist and poet. Lyonnesse is a legendary lost land; the poem recalls a mysterious journey to restore a church.
Summary
When I set out for Lyonnesse a hundred miles away, no one knew my business.
When I set out for Lyonnesse a hundred miles away, no one knew my business.
Rime coated trees; starlight lit my lonesome journey.
Rime coated trees; starlight lit my lonesome journey.
No prophet durst declare what would happen there.
No prophet durst declare what would happen there.
When I came back from Lyonnesse, all marked my radiance.
When I came back from Lyonnesse, all marked my radiance.
Magic in my eyes and face - nobody knew what I had seen.
Magic in my eyes and face - nobody knew what I had seen.
Readers link the trip to supervising church restoration at St Juliot.
Readers link the trip to supervising church restoration at St Juliot.
The poem leaves the inner change unexplained - pure mystery.
The poem leaves the inner change unexplained - pure mystery.
Hard words & meanings
| lyonnesse | legendary lost land |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem |
| rhyme | words ending with similar sounds |
| imagery | word pictures |
| metaphor | comparison without like/as |
| refrain | repeated line |
| hundred | see chapter context |
| business | see chapter context |
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