Question

Answer the following questions briefly.
(1) What are the three questions put forth by the poetess to the child?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

In the poem 'past, present, future', the poet Emily Bronte asks a child what the past , present and future looks like, to him

Answer 2

The three questions put forth by the poetress to the child:

• "The past is like what?"
• "How about the present time?"
• "How you see the future to be?"

Explanation:

• The poem name is "Past Present Future"
• The poetress addresses a child and asks him to tell her about the history, the present and the future.
• The child responds in childlike terms, but his simple words convey deep meanings about what the history, the present and the future are to mortal beings.
• The lyric is written in three stanzas of four lines each.
• The minstrelsy scheme of each stanza is abab.
• The minstrel asks the smiling child to tell her what the history is like to him. The child replies that it's an afterlife evening which is soft and mild, with a wind that sighs dolefully. The sad sighing of the wind shows us that there's nostalgia associated with the history. The child looks back happily on this beautiful afterlife evening, or the history, but with a sad shriek because he wants to witness it again. So, the beautiful recollections of the history make us feel nostalgic.
• This time the minstrel asks the child to tell her what the present hour is. The child answers that it's a green and flowery branch where a youthful raspberry sits, gathering its power to mount and fly down. The green flowery branch suggests that the present is like springtime. The youthful raspberry preparing for flight symbolizes how the present leads to the future. The youthful raspberry prepares to fly, just as all of us prepare to head towards the future. So, the present is a happy time that leads to thefuture.
• The minstrel incipiently asks the happy child what the future is. The child says that it's a ocean beneath a sunshiny sun. The ocean is potent, noble, glowing and stretches into perpetuity. The horizonless ocean symbolizes endless openings and possibilities. So, the future is instigative and filled with horizonless possibilities.

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