Read the following poem and answer the next five question by choosing the correct options:

The Coromandel Fishers

Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light,
The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night.
Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free,
To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea!

No longer delay, let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call,
The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all.
What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives?
He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.

Sweet is the shade of the coconut glade, and the scent of the mango grove,
And sweet are the sands at the full o' the moon with the sound of the voices we love;
But sweeter, O brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam's glee;
Row, brother, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.

“Let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call”

The reason the fishermen have to hasten is

tide is rising

The correct answer is Option (3) - tide is rising

In the poem, the line "Let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call" refers to the urgency of the fishermen to make the most of the "leaping wealth of the tide." This implies that the tide is rising, which is the ideal time for fishing, as it brings fish closer to the surface.

Why Other Options Are Incorrect:

1. Sea gull sleeps: This is not mentioned or implied in the poem.
2. Sun is setting: The poem describes the morning light ("wakening skies pray to the morning light"), not the evening.
3. Sun is shining: While the morning light is present, the urgency is tied to the rising tide, not the sunlight.