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| Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson | Summary and Question Answers |
1. At the beginning of the poem there is no clear message about the warrior's problem. What actually happened to the warrior? Describe.
Though it is not clear what actually had happened to the warrior at the beginning we gradually come to know that the warrior was brought dead from the war field. We know this fact with the reference that some people brought him i.e. his army friends. The warrior had died during a war.
2. What is the great thing the warrior has done? Why did the other people praise the warriors? Describe.
The warrior had done the great thing by serving his country. He fought bravely for his country and died in the war field. He was everyone's good friend a good human being. So everyone praised him.
3. What reaction did the maiden show towards the warrior? Describe.
When the warrior was brought home and put in front of his wife, she neither cried nor spoke anything. Just starred at him unconsciously. Watching this, all her maiden started worrying about the warriors wife and that she should cry or she will die.
4. What is a rhyming pattern of the poem? Illustrate.
The rhyming pattern of the poem is abab cdcd efef ghgh.
5. Write your interpretation of the poem in a paragraph.
This poem by Alfred Tennyson is about the story of a widow who just received the body of her husband who seems to have been a soldier and was killed in a war field. The widow's maidens weep profusely but later get worried when the widow is Shell shocked and cannot import any sorrow. They try and talk about the soldiers conquests and what a Nobel Warrior he was to try and get the lady to weep but all the efforts are
vain. The lady finally weeps as she revealed that she isn't just a widow but also a mother.
6. Explain the following lines with reference to the context:
Rose a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee
Like summer Tempest came her tears
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
When the widow did not show any reaction towards her dead husband even after seeing his face, a nurse of 90 years rose up and set his child upon her knee. As she saw her child the widow started crying loudly. Her tear came abruptly like flood. It seemed like she realized that she isn't just a widow but also a mother.
