Question

(i) What does the poet mean by the expression “quench its speed” ?
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Answer 1

By the expression "quenching it's speed", here the poet means the gradual slowing down and eventually stopping of the boat of the lover. The lover, in his mission to meet his beloved has travelled all the way to the shore in his boat and now he pulls the boat in the slushy sand by taking it out of the water.