Discuss with proper quotes and examples about the argumentative style of John Donne as a poet in the poem ''A Valediction-Forbidding Mourning".
Answers
Explanation:
ead the following stanza and the questions given below it. Choose the correct answer. [04]
No, in country money, the country scale of gain.
The requisite lift of spirit has never been found.
Or so the voice of the country seems to complain,
I can’t help owning the great relief it would be
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain.
Questions:
5. The poet expresses his _____________ with the economic and financial condition of the
people living in a country.
a. discontent b. satisfaction c. delight d. sense of relief
6. The line ‘The requisite lift of spirit has never been found’ means ___________.
a. People living in a country are tired of complaining about the problems of their life.
b. People living in a country never find the required growth needed to live a fulfilled
life.
c. People living in a country expect the government to improve their condition of
living.
d. People living in a country can remain happy irrespective of the poor economic
conditions.
7. Identify the figures of speech in the line: ‘Or so the voice of the country seems to complain.’
a. Antithesis b. Euphemism c. Litotes d. Personification
8. The poet wishes to provide ______________ relief to the people living in a country.
a. superfluous b. astonishing c. instant d. interim