Comprehension : A poem is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out the four alternatives. Whose list to hunt, I know where is an hind, But as for me, helas. I may no more. The vain travail hath wearied me so sore, I am of them that farthest cometh behind. Yet may I by no means my wearied mind Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore, Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind. Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt, As well as I may spend his time in vain. And graven with diamonds in letters plain There is written, her fair neck round about : Noli me tangere, for Caesar’s I am, And wild for to hold, through I seem tame.
Why does the speaker of the poem "farthest cometh behind" ?
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A.
He does not know hunting
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B.
He is tired and knows the vanity of the entire exercise
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C.
He lost his way
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D.
He is a slow walker
Correct Answer:
B. He is tired and knows the vanity of the entire exercise
Explanation:
The narrator depicts an elusive hind that remains impossible to capture despite his efforts. He acknowledges that neither he nor others can succeed in the hunt, ultimately recognizing the wearying pursuit as a futile and vain endeavor.
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