Question

Paraphrase the verses to show that you understand their literal meaning.

"Is my team ploughing

That I used to drive

And hear the harness jingle

When I was man alive?"

Ay, the horses trample,

The harness jingles now;

No change though you lie under

The land you used to plough.

Answer 1

"Is my team ploughing" has been Explained below:

• The author of the poem "Is my team ploughing" is written by A.E.Housman. Here the first four lines of the poem explain a say of a dead man talking to his friend who is alive.
• As he was asking about his team was ploughing. The team he was talking about was his horses. The dead man always drives his horses for ploughing and he could hear the jingle sound from the horse harness,when he was alive.
• As his friend responding to the dead man that the horses are ploughing and he could hear the jingling sound. He said that everything was fine and goes still.
• Nothing had changed except the dead man was lying in the land where he used to plough with his horses.