The Inchcape Rock

1.
Complete the summary of the poem given below by filling in the blanks. Choose words from the box:
On a perfectly still day, the ship stood _______1_______ in the ________2________ sea. The bell on the rock did not ________3________. The ________4________ of _______5_______ had placed this bell on the rock as a ________6_______ to _______7_______. During a _______8_______, the bell would move and ring.
Sir Ralph the Rover, while walking on his _______9_______, on this calm day noticed the _______10_______. He was ______11______ and asked his men to row him to the people of the _______12_______. He did not like people to ________13________ the kindness of the Abbot. He leant and _______14_______ the bell off.
A year later, when _______15________ was sailing in the same sea, he faced _______16_______ weather. His seamen could not see the _______17______. The ship ______18______ the rock and sank.
crashed Abbot seafarers deck wicked still
Aberbrothok warning bell Inchcape Rock seastorm ring
calm praise Ralph rough land cut
2.
How did the sailors benefit from the bell on the rock?
3.
Who was Sir Ralph the Rover? What kind of a person was he?
4.
How did Sir Ralph fall victim to his own wicked deed?
5.
Figure out the Rhyme scheme of the poem.
6.
This poem belongs to the genre of 'Long Narrative Poems'. These poems generally detail a heroic deed and follow it up with a moral.
1. Who is the 'hero' of this narrative? Why?
2. What is the moral of this story?

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