Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.


On either side the river lie

Long fields of barley and of rye,

That clothe the wold and meet the sky;

And through the field the road runs by (“The Lady of Shallot”)


Based on the context of this passage, the word wold refers to?


the land

the river

the sky

the world

Answer 1

Based on the context from the passage the word wold refers to the land. Two earthly elements are already mentioned in the poem: water (represented by the river) and the sky. The only one that could "meet the sky" as the persona mentions it and that is missing in the lines of the poem is the land. Therefore, the correct answer is A.