The Windmill E.E

The Windmill

a) What does the windmill see in the farms below?

     A.The windmill sees the fields of grain that will be soon ready for harvesting.

 b) Mention two actions of the windmill that suggest that it is human?

A.The windmill flings its arms in the air in joyous anticipation of the soon to be ready for harvest.
It hears the sound of flails.
It listens to the church bells on Sundays, at peace with itself.



 c) What sound does the windmill hear from the barns?

A.The windmill hears the sound of grains being threshed on the barn floor using flails. The sound is audible to him through the open barn doors even though the barns are far off.


  d) Why is the windmill important to the miller?

A.The windmill is the source of livelihood for the miller. It is the windmill that make him a prosperous farmer.

 e) What do we learn about the windmill from the poem with reference to its structure, location and working time.

A.The windmill is a huge structure standing on a rock. All around the windmill are fields of grain. The windmill has granite crushers and sails that meet the roaring wind. The windmill does not work on Sundays.


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