Question

Read the following stanza very carefully.

The same whom in my school-boy days

I listened to; that cry

Which made me look a thousand ways

In bush, and tree, and sky.

To seek thee did I often rave

Through woods and on the green;

And thou wert still a hope, a love;

Still longed for, never seen.

On the basis of your reading of the above stanza, answer the

following questions as briefly as possible. A) Why would the poet rove through woods and on the green?

B) Why does the poet says that you were Never Seen? Explain.​

Answer 1

Answer:

A) The poet rove through through woods and on the green to identify the source of cry.

B) The poet has never seen the source of cry because it was very difficult for him to identify it among the bush.