Question

Critically evaluate Swift’s response to the ‘beautiful nymph’ and explain his attitude
towards her

Answer 1

Answer:

Jonathan Swift’s ironically entitled “A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed,” composed in 1731 and puckishly subtitled “Written for the Honour of the Fair Sex,” reflects the relentless, emphatically unromantic, and savagely satirical vision that marks the later years of Swift’s art. This most unpoetic of poems presents the uproarious...