Question

They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with The mania of owning things.
a) Who does the phrase ‘Not one’ refer to in the extract?

b) What does ‘demented with the mania of owning things’ — imply?

c) Whom does the poet infer from the last line as ‘unhappy’ creatures?​

Answer 1

Answer:

They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.