How would you answer this English question?

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This is a comprehension passgae based on a poem. The first verse of the poem is:

Hamelin's Town's in Brunswick
By famous Hanover city;
The river Weser deep and wide,
Washes its wall on the southern side;

The question is:

In relation to the river, Hamelin lies:
a) to the north
b) to the south
c) to the west
d) to the east

So which answer would you choose? I'll be back in a couple of hours to explain why I'm asking and see what people put.

Thank you!!

To the North

To the north

I'd have said Hamelin was to the north of the river based on that.

North

Also North

North

North too (after I re-read the question) 😳

To the north

North

North

To the north

North

North

a) to the north

North?

North, unless you are thinking that the river is within the town wall and washing the southern side of that?

The river flows through the middle of the town. Not obvious from the one verse you've quoted but is clear from reading the whole poem (I am very familiar with it!).

North

Sorry - so in answer to your question I wouldn't know whether to choose north, south, east or west.

I'd think the town was to the North. But it is ambiguous whether the poem refers to the southern side of the city walls or the southern side of the river.

The north

Another North here

North

The river runs in the south of the city "washes it's southern wall).....so the town is to the north of it.

North.

And you have one too many apostrophes.