Question

Comprehension 1
1. The poet says that sages describe life as dark and gloomy. Does she agree with them?
2. "O why lament its fall?" Whose fall is the poet referring to? Why does she ask us not
to lament its fall?
3. What do life's “sunny hours” refer to, and according to the poet, how should we
respond to them?
4. According to the poet, why should we not lose hope?
5. What seems to win initially and over what?
6. What is described as "unconquered" and why?
7. Throughout the
poet uses images of nature—flowers, rain, birds and so on.
Identify all the words and images associated with nature.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem Life by Charlotte Bronte is about the optimism of the poet. Bronte wrote the poem under her pseudonym Currer Bell. The Rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB (except rain & dream). The poem is divided into three stanzas consisting of 8, 4 and 12 lines respectively.