Question

Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. And as soon as Sir Bedivere had lost the sight of the barge, he wept and wailed, and so took the forest; and so he went all that night . . . Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Long stood Sir Bedivere Revolving many memories, till the hull Look’d one black dot against the verge of dawn.
Which sentence accurately compares how the authors describe the scene in the excerpts?

Answer 1

Your question is incomplete because it does not include the options, which are the following:

Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow.

Both authors describe Sir Bedivere in tears.

Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's resolve.

Both authors describe the approaching dawn.

Answer:

Both authors describe Sir Bedivere's sorrow.

Explanation:

Both excerpts depict the moment that dying King Arthur leaves on a barge hoping to be healed on the isle of Avalon. In Sir Thomas Malory's lines, Sir Bedivere moans and gives a cry of grief as the barge disappears. Similarly, Lord Tennyson's passage demonstrates Sir Bedivere's pain and loyalty as he stands watching the the main body of the barge until it becomes a black dot in the distance.