Question

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow it.
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk , doth make man better be ;
Or standing long an oak , three hundred year,
To fall a log at last , dry , bald , and sere.
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fall and die that night -
It was the plant and flower of light .
In small proportions we just beauties see ;
And in short measure life may prefect be .
​-Ben Jonson

QUESTIONS
1. What is common between a man and a tree?
2. How does the poet draw contrast between an oak and a lily?
3. Why does the poet say that the life of a lily is more meaningful than that of an oak?
4. What, according to the poet, makes a life perfect?
5. What is the theme of the poem?
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Answer 1

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