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tell me the central idea of the poem "the scholar"

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Answered by Shubhendu8898
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Robert Southey had great interest in books. He made his  own library which  had   a of  books. 'The Scholar' in one  of  the shorter pieces of  Robert Southey on which the  poet's fame largely rests today. In the  poem, the poet assumes the personality of  a  scholar and in that capacity gives an account of a scholar's like  and  dislikes, aspirations and  dreams. The entire life of the  scholar is  spent in reading books, usually by  the writers of the past. Since books cannot be separated from their authors, the  scholar , in  a sense, lives in  the  company of the dead writers 'the mighty minds of  old'. The classics, in which the  scholar is engrossed all the time, are  his  true companions and  he shares his  joy and  sorrow with them. Therefore, the  scholar is  naturally indebted to those  books for those  books for  their help in the  understanding  of  the  world and  in his  cultivation of  sensibility. He  loves the  virtues of the authors and  condemns their vices and  learns a  lot from their examples. He  hopes  that he  would travel till enternity with those  writers and  leave his  name behind, which is  posterity would love  to cherish.

Answered by Anonymous
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This poem is written by Robert Southey.

The central idea is very encouraging as the scholar feels that reading books can never make a man lonely and they are the best friends of a man.

To avoid loneliness one should read books and should not vice between any authors as their works are always inspiring.

Robert Southey had great interest in books. He made his own library which had a of books. 'The Scholar' in one of the shorter pieces of Robert Southey on which the poet's fame largely rests today. In the poem, the poet assumes the personality of a scholar and in that capacity gives an account of a scholar's like and dislikes, aspirations and dreams. The entire life of the scholar is spent in reading books, usually by the writers of the past. Since books cannot be separated from their authors, the scholar , in a sense, lives in the company of the dead writers 'the mighty minds of old'. The classics, in which the scholar is engrossed all the time, are his true companions and he shares his joy and sorrow with them.

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