Question

Central idea of the poem "the brook"

Answer 1

1.we should keep moving on towards our goals and not stop or get discouraged by obstacles just like a brook which always flows irrespective of the obstructions coming on its way

OR

2..Human life is a momentary bubble which may burst at any time, but nature's other creations like The Brook are eternal. Water is an eternal element like fire and air which are proposed to last. This central idea is brought out well and emphasized through the repeated refrain by Tennyson in the poem: Men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. Tennyson, like Shelley is noted for his truly scientific observations.