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The poet imagines a variety of fruits, silver pale rivers, valleys of dense forests and bushes, flashing stars, scented breeze, shining stars in the sky and citron trees habited by delightful birds in his Kingdom of Tartary.

Before the morning star is out of sight, the poet wants to wear his robe and ride through the dark open spaces in the forests. He hopes to travel in his car drawn by seven zebras.

The poet wants his robe to be made of white, golden and green coloured beads placed quite close to one another.

The trumpeters will summon the Lord to every meal.

1. pale-dale 

2. beads-seeds

1. of ivory 

2. tigers haunt 

3. red as wine

Simile: The lake is directly compared to a sea for a better poetic effect.

Personification: Inanimate object ‘lake’ is given the human quality of trembling for a better poetic effect. Alliteration: The sound of T is repeated in words ‘lake’ and ‘like’ for a better poetic effect.

Simile – There is a direct comparison between the beads in the robe to a cluster of seeds to add to the poetic effect.

Answer is: slant

Answer is: athwart

Exotic musical instruments mentioned in the poem are harp, flute and mandoline. Animals mentioned are fishes, zebras, tigers and peacock.

Inversion – The prose order is changed for poetic effect.

1. Her trembling lake like foamless seas. 

2. Yellow as honey, red as wine. 

3. And, clustered thick as seeds.

The Lord of Tartary would get up very early in the morning. He would wear a dress of green, white and gold beads. These beads would be placed very close to each other just like seeds. And before the waning of the morning star he would wear his robe, take his sword, and then go out in the valley in his carriage drawn by seven zebras. At meal time, be summoned by trumpeters. In the evening, he would enjoy the shining lamps and sweet music played by musicians. At night he would enjoy the flashing stars and the scented breeze by the lakeside lined with citrontrees.

1. dale, 

2. vale, 

3. glen.

My mind races to a beautiful mountain range full of huge tall trees with winding creepers. A few monkeys could be seen jumping from the branches across trees as if engaged in a game. The crisp chirping of birds could be heard. The setting sun cast a reddish-yellow glow on the horizon and I could see the gurgling stream flowing down the slopes of the mountain as if to reach a destination.

Through the winding paths, one could see villages with loads of household goods trekking up the way to their homes nestled in the slopes of the mountain. As the night grew, the dim lights from the modest homes seemed to complete with the bright shining stars, far away in the sky. The occasional cool breeze, faithfully carried the fragrance of the trees, leaves and the blooms with if it was a blissful feeling – away from the din and noise of the crowded city life.

The poet begins the poem on the assumption that if he were the Lord of Tartary and wants all things beautiful for himself like a little child “myself and me alone.”

1. luxury 

2. beauty and majesty 

3. strength / power 

4. decor aesthetics brightness beauty 

5. ear for music.

Exclamation – A strong emotion is expressed for a better poetic effect.

Inversion – The word order has been changed. The correct word order is ‘and ere the morning- star should wane’.

1. Colour:

• her rivers silver pale!
• In every purple vale!
• And in the evening lamp would shine. Yellow as honey red as wine
• I’d wear a robe of beads & gold

2. Sound:

• Trumpeters everyday. To every meal would summon me.
• While harp and flute and mandoline made music sweet and gay

3. Images from the nature:

• Her flashing stars, her scented breeze. 
• Her river silver pale! 
• And in my pools great fishes slant. 
• Her bird-delighting citron trees. 
• Glen, thicket, wood and dale.

Tautology – The words ‘glen’ and ‘dale’ which mean the same are used in the same line for a better poetic effect.

i. Inversion: The word order has been changed. The correct word order is ‘my throne of beaten gold’.

ii. Inversion: The word order has been changed. The correct word order is ‘And in my court peacock should flaunt’.

iii. Simile – Lamp’s yellow shine is directly compared to honey and its red shine is compared to wine.

iv. Repetition – The word ‘and is repeated for poetic effect.

v. Alliteration – The sound of ’m’ in words made and music is used to add beauty to the poem.

1. foamless seas 

2. bird-delighting citron trees