Read the following lines from the passage.

Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound. (stanza 2)

Which word can replace melancholy without changing its meaning?

Group of answer choices

long

devastated

sad

beautiful

1 answer

sad

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