Read the excerpt from “the lady of shalott” by alfred, lord tennyson. in which lines does the poet reveal the monotony of the lady’s existence?
the answers are in parentheses.

[no time hath she to sport and play: ]
a charmed web she weaves alway.
a curse is on her, if she stay
her weaving, either night or day,
to look down to camelot.
[she knows not what the curse may be; ]
therefore [she weaveth steadily,]
[therefore no other care hath she,]
the lady of shalott.

[she lives with little joy or fear.]
over the water, running near,
[the sheep bell tinkles in her ear.]
before her hangs a mirror clear,
reflecting tower'd camelot.
and as the mazy web she whirls,
she sees the surly village churls,
and the red cloaks of market girls
pass onward from shalott.