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  In stanza 10, the poet says The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, ............     (a) In both lines, the word 'stormy' assumes different connotations. What are they? (b) The lady faces a dilemma here. What is it? What choice does she finally make?

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                  (a) The land was 'stormy' because of the angry father, whereas the sea was stormy due to the stormy weather. The girl had to either face the storm of father's rage or the stormy weather in the loch. (b) The dilemma is that the lady has a 'storm' on both sides. She has to make a choice between her father and her lover. She cannot return as there is 'storm' at home. She is not able to go forward, as there is terrible sea storm too. Finally she chooses to face the sea storm as she thinks it better to be killed with her lover than to live without him.