Exercises
2. Why is the phrase 'clouds of gloom' apt? (Look carefully at
what the poet says after this.)
3. What remark does the poet make about rain?
A Questions
to the poet, is transient in life?
1 What does 'transient' mean, and what specifically, according
4. What message is the poet trying to give us? Give evidence for
your answer
5. If we had to give the poem another title, what would
suggest? (Think carefully about the message in the poem.)
you
8. Reference to context
Answers
Answer:
Clouds are called cloud of gloom because they show darkness. They are compared to life for the problems and emotions which we faces. They are transient because they can be solved by controlling ourselves. Emotions and problems are also transient in life.
Answer: In this poem, Bronte uses rain to serve as a metaphor for gloom, despair, and even death. Early in the poem, she remarks that "morning rain" can lead to a "pleasant day." She adds that since rain makes the flowers bloom, we should not be gloomy or sad when the rain does fall.
Answer: Transient means temporary or continuing only for a short period. According to the poet, transient means 'short span of her mother's life. ' The poet actually means that all human beings have short span of life on earth; after death no one knows what happens to human soul
The message in Charlotte Brontë's poem “Life” is that we should be hopeful rather than hopeless and optimistic rather than pessimistic. In the first stanza, Brontë lists a series of weather events which are usually perceived as negative and shows why each should in fact be perceived as positive.
answer
life