Short
Answer Question
1.
Why does the
poet want to part away from his beloved?
Answer-The poet wants to experience death in those short time when he is separated from his love.
Answer-The poet wants to experience death in those short time when he is separated from his love.
2.
In what way
will the lovers remain united?
Answer-Their love is so pure that keeps them alive in their hearts. In this way the lovers will remain united.
Answer-Their love is so pure that keeps them alive in their hearts. In this way the lovers will remain united.
3.
What makes a
man’s power feeble?
Answer-Good fortunes cannot last till the end of the life of a man that makes a man’s power feeble.
Answer-Good fortunes cannot last till the end of the life of a man that makes a man’s power feeble.
4.
What are the
things that the sun does not have?
Answer- The sun has no beloved. So he has no desire or motive to return quickly.
Answer- The sun has no beloved. So he has no desire or motive to return quickly.
5.
How do
sighing and weeping affect the speaker?
When the speaker’s beloved sighs, she dries up soul. When she weeps she decays his blood.
When the speaker’s beloved sighs, she dries up soul. When she weeps she decays his blood.
Explain the
following:
1.
Explain
‘They who one another keepe
Alive, ne’r parted bee.
‘They who one another keepe
Alive, ne’r parted bee.
The given stanza has been taken
from the poem ‘Sweetest love I do not goe’ which is written by John Donne. He
was born in 1572 and died in 1631.
He was a Metaphysical poet.
Poet says that lovers live in one another. Their souls are united. So they can never be parted. They may only look separated physically but they are never separated spiritually. They live in each other’s heart perpetually.
He was a Metaphysical poet.
Poet says that lovers live in one another. Their souls are united. So they can never be parted. They may only look separated physically but they are never separated spiritually. They live in each other’s heart perpetually.
