Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow: No worst, there is none. No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief, More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring. Comforter, where, where is your comforting? Mary, mother of us, where is your relief? My cries heave, herds‐long; huddle in a main, a chief Woe, wórld‐sorrow; on an áge‐old anvil wince and sing— Then lull, then leave off. Fury had shrieked 'No lingering! Let me be fell: force I must be brief."' O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no‐man‐fathomed. Hold them cheap May who ne'er hung there. Nor does long our small Durance deal with that steep or deep. Here! creep, Wretch, under a comfort serves in a whirlwind: all Life death does end and each day dies with sleep. ‐ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Which option most closely paraphrases the second line, in which further pangs are “schooled at forepangs” and “wilder wring”?
only a new pain more painful.
The line anticipates new pain that is more painful: later pangs are figuratively trained by earlier ones and wring the sufferer more fiercely. It therefore does not say that the present suffering cannot intensify.
Important Questions from Reading Comprehension
- Which framework globally guides national policies on Community Centered Disaster Risk Reduction?
- In the context of disaster governance, which principle emphasizes empowering local to take the lead in risk mitigation strategies?
- What distinguishes participatory disaster management from top-down approaches?
- Which of the following is a major barrier to effective local disaster risk reduction implementation in developing countries?
- How can technology most effectively support community-based disaster resilience?
