a. What did the sage do? b. Why was the sage puzzled? c. What Is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Question

‘Then round and round, and out and in 

All day the puzzled sage did spin;

In vain – it mattered not a pin 

The pigtail hung behind him.

a. What did the sage do?

b. Why was the sage puzzled?

c. What Is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Answer 1

a. He turned round and round, out and in all day.

b. He was puzzled because he could not change the position of his pigtail, even though he turned round and round all day.

c. The rhyme scheme is ‘a a a b’.