Read the excerpt from “The Lady of Shalott” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In which lines does the poet reveal the monotony of the Lady’s existence?
[A: No time hath she to sport and play:]
A charmed web she weaves alway.
A curse is on her, if she stay
Her weaving, either night or day,
To look down to Camelot.
[B: She knows not what the curse may be;]
Therefore [C: she weaveth steadily,
Therefore no other care hath she,]
The Lady of Shalott.
[D: She lives with little joy or fear.]
Over the water, running near,
[E: The sheep bell tinkles in her ear.]
Before her hangs a mirror clear,
Reflecting tower'd Camelot.
And as the mazy web she whirls,
She sees the surly village churls,
And the red cloaks of market girls
Pass onward from Shalott.
