Question

a. And that I will never have to do it again is a hope that I am against hope hoping. Because some tortures are physical and some are mental,
i. What is the speaker hoping for?
ii. What does he mean by the last line given above?
iii. Which does he consider the worst torture? Why? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. In 'Hope is the Thing with Feathers,' the speaker is an unnamed person who has gone through trials in life and continues to feel a sense of hope.
2. In the last line of the poem, the speaker is telling his "brothers" to row till the "edge of the verge" where the sky and the sea seem to "mate" which refers to the point where the sky touches the sea.
3. The poet claims that going to the dentist is the worst torture that a man can experience. Odgen Nash has also mentioned that some tortures may be physical and the others are mental. He also added that the only torture which combines the both is dental.

Explanation:

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