CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: the bird was flying to egypt . but he had to stop in the city and took lodgings on the golden statue of the happy prince and he lay down near his feet.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late “Happy Prince", who has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Swallow wished to go to Egypt because it was already winter and the snow would soon fall. The weather in Egypt was much warmer where the sun was always shining and there were plenty of green trees. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -The Saqqara Bird is a bird-shaped artifact made of sycamore wood, discovered during the 1898 excavation of the tomb of Pa-di-Imen in Saqqara, Egypt. It has been dated to approximately 200 BCE, and is now housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Falcon The falcon was the iconic bird of ancient Egypt. It was associated with power, dominance, sky and heavenly bodies, and hence connected with several gods.