Question

3)Write the first stanza of Poem ' We Are The Music Makers'.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

We are the music makers,

    And we are the dreamers of dreams,

Wandering by lone sea-breakers,

    And sitting by desolate streams; —

World-losers and world-forsakers,

    On whom the pale moon gleams:

Yet we are the movers and shakers

    Of the world for ever, it seems.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Ode, popularly known by its first line ‘We are the music makers’ is the first poem in the collection Music and Moonlight (1874) by Arthur O’Shaughnessy. This ode is a treatise to artists across different realms. It uses various euphemisms like “music-makers”, “dreamers of dreams”, “movers and shakers” to implore the artists and serenade their achievements. It describes the life of an artist, the beauty of their artworks and their impact on their surroundings and on the world outside.

This poem is the origin of the popular phrase ‘movers and shakers’. Although the original version has nine stanzas in total, it is believed only to be three stanzas long due to the abridgment in Palgrave’s collection.The Ode, We are the Music Makers is written in stanza form in sprung rhythm where seven and eight syllable lines alternate. The rhyme scheme is abababab with a variation in the second stanza: aabbcdcd. The odd-numbered lines have feminine rhyme while the even-numbered lines have masculine rhyme, giving them a greater emphasis. Most of the lines start with either a conjunction or a preposition to give the poem a forwarding impetus. The use of alliteration in the first stanza (music makers, dreamers of dreams) further enhances the musical effect.