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.