Question

Read the poem and answer the questions given below it:

Fame is food that dead men eat,

I have no stomach for such meat.

In little light and narrow room,

They eat it in the silent tomb,

With no kind voice of comrade near

To bid the feaster be of cheer.

But friendship is a nobler thing,

Of friendship it is good to sing.

For truly, when a man shall end,

He lives in memory of his friend,

Who doth his better part recall

And of his fault make funeral.

Questions:

1) Which two things are contrasted in the poem?

2)“I have no stomach for such meat.” What is the ‘such meat’ referred to by the poet?

3)Why does the poet consider friendship ‘a nobler thing’?

4)Explain the rhyming pattern of the verse.​​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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