बिहार बोर्ड कक्षा 12वी - English - Poetry - Chapter 1: Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe के NCERT Solution
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A. Work in small groups and discuss these questions
Question. 1.
Yours is a very loving family. You have always lived together. But now you have to leave them to go to a different city to pursue your studies. How would you feel, leaving the members of your family?
Answer:
I will be sad and depressed. I will be worried about how I will leave in a strange city where nobody knows me. How shall I live without my parents, brothers, and sisters? Will they miss me?
B. 1.1. Read the following sentences and write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements
(a) The poet wants to go away because he is tired of his beloved.
(b) The poet has found another lady who is more beautiful.
(c) The poet intends to go on a longer journey than what the Sun undertakes.
(d) Man’s power is very weak.
(e) The poet loves his beloved so intensely that he will come back very soon.
Answers:
(a) False, (b) False, (c) True, (d) True, (e) True.
B. 1.2. Answer the following questions briefly
Question 1.
Why does the poet want to go away from his beloved?
Answer:
Poet wants to go away from his beloved because death is certain. He wants to amuse himself.
Question 2.
What are the things that the sun does not have?
Answer:
Sun has neither desire nor sense nor any shorter way to complete its journey.
Question 3.
What will make the speaker’s journey speedier?
Answer:
More wings and motives will make the speaker’s journey speedier.
Question 4.
What makes a man’s power feeble?
Answer:
Man’s dependence on fortune makes his power feeble.
Question 5.
How do sighing and weeping affect the speaker?
Answer:
Sighing and weeping takes the speaker’s soul away and his lifeblood decay.
Question 6.
How does the beloved waste the speaker’s life?
Answer:
The beloved wastes the speaker’s life by taking the best hour of him.
Question 7.
In what way will the lovers remain united?
Answer:
Lovers will remain united by keeping one another.
B.2.1. Complete the following sentences on the basis of the poem
The speaker’s beloved sighs away
The speaker’s life-blood decays when.
The speaker asks his beloved not to forethink him
They who keep one another alive can never
Answer:
When he mind blows,
His beloved weeps bitterly
of any ill
be parted.
C. 1. Long Answer Questions
Question 1.
Read the following lines carefully:
‘When thou sigh’st, thou sigh’st not wind, But sigh’s my soul away,’
This is an example of hyperbole. Find out other examples of hyperbole in the poem.
Answer:
Speedier journeys, since I take More wings and spurs then hee.
Question 2.
Write a note on the use of hyperbole in the poem.
Answer:
In this pc ?m sun and wind have been used as symbols of hyperbole to provide a leewa to the poet’s feelings when he desires to leave his beloved. Poet had deftly used the hyperboles to portray the emotions touching the inner conscience of the speaker. Poet has aptly juxtaposed the wind, the sun and the divine heart in the backdrop of innate traility of human life.
Question 3.
But believe that I shall make Speedier journeys since I take More wings and spurs then hee. Comment on the power of love in the light of these lines.
Answer:
Poet has used hyperboles to express the night of love and project the flight of fancies. Poet, riding on the love waves, and imbued and fired by the love of his beloved in whose love he has been basking, intends to out beat the sun which has got no cause or desires.
Question 4.
Explain: ‘They who one another keep Alive, near the parted bee.
Answer:
The stanza warns and guards against the parting of lovers. Love is tender delicate and fragile. Love treads the thin line of accord and discord. Poet gives the solemn message that loving lots who care for each other, are never parted away.
Question 5.
Summarise the poem in about 100 words. [B.M.2009A]
Answer:
“Sweetest Love I do not Gee” is a typical metaphysical poem written by John Donne. In this love poem, the poet celebrates the power of true love. It prevails over death. The poet explains it with the help of his own life. The poet is parting with his beloved not because he has become fed up with her or he hopes to get a better love or “fitter love.” He is parting because he wishes to die in jest. Consequently, he will be hardened enough to face death when it really comes. The poet assures his beloved that he will come back just as the sun comes back every day. The poet promises her that his return will be faster than the sun. The poet expresses his love in strong words such as “thou sigh’ st not wind/But sigh’ st my soul away.” He further says that even if he dies, he will be present by her side. So there is no question of separation. Thus, the poet throws light upon the certainty of death and expresses his strong desire to have some amusement.
Question 6.
What arguments does the poet give at the time of parting with his beloved?
Answer:
Poet talks about the certainty of death and expresses his desire to have some amusement.
Question 7.
How can lovers overcome ‘bad chance’?
Answer:
Lovers can overcome bad chances by joining their strength to their fortune.
Question 8.
What images from Nature are used in the poem?
Answer:
Poet has used sun and wind as the natural images to bring forth his metaphysical thoughts.
Question 9.
Which images do you like the most?
Answer:
Images of sun appealed to me the most.
