Question

4. Explain these lines with reference to the context.

b. If thou wake, he cannot sleep
Who is 'he? What does the expression 'If thou wake' refer to?​

Answer 1

The meaning of the extract is if you wake up to shut out your problem or work hard without any sleep to solve your problem, then your true friend cannot sleep thinking for how to help you to get our of a problem. Here 'thou' which means 'you' refers to us and 'he' refers to a true friend.

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