Question

Read these lines from the poem. There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; How do these lines evoke a sense of time and place in which this poem is set? The phrases "strange things" and "secret tales" evoke a sense of mystery, indicating that the poem takes place during the Cold War in the 1950s in Russia. The phrases "strange things" and "Arctic trails" suggest something supernatural happens in the poem in the wilderness. The mention of "Arctic trails" and "make your blood run cold" suggests that the poem takes place during an expedition to the North Pole. The mention of the "midnight sun" and men who "moil for gold" indicates that the poem takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon in the late nineteenth century.

Answer 1

Answer:

The mention of the "midnight sun" and men who "moil for gold" indicates that the poem takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon in the late nineteenth century.

Explanation:

This is an extract from a Robert W. Service poem called "The cremation of Sam McGee". Robert W. Service wrote many poems referring to the Yukon and the Gold Rush that took place around 1898 (late nineteenth century). This poem talks about a prospector (people who went to the Yukon to look for gold) that froze to death during one Yukon winter.

The Yukon is also known as the "land of the midnight sun" because during summer the sun doesn't set and there's light during midnight.

Thus, the mention of the "midnight sun" and men who "moil for gold" indicates that the poem takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon in the late nineteenth century.