Read these lines from the poem:

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

What does "it" refer to in the last line?

(A) the little bird

B) the storm

(c) the chillest land

(D) the strangest sea

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Felicity Benson

English

10 September, 22:29

Read these lines from the poem:

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

What does "it" refer to in the last line?

(A) the little bird

B) the storm

(c) the chillest land

(D) the strangest sea

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Bruce Blackburn · Answer 1

Storm

Explanation:

In the first line, Author describes the nature of storm to a sore. And in the very next line, he also describes storm could embarrass the little bird. The author heard the sound of the storm the most chillest land and in the strangest sea. And at the last author heard that strange storm sound asking a crumb of him.