what are the various stages mentioned in the poet journy to lyonnesse
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Answer:
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away,
The rime was on the spray;
And starlight lit my lonesomeness
When I set out for Lyonnesse
A hundred miles away.
In this stanza we see that the poet set out for Lyonnesse which was situated a hundred miles away. It was winter and the weather was cold. The shine in the night sky helped him when he was lonely. He had no idea what would happen during his stay at Lyonnesse.
Stanza 2
What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there,
No prophet durst declare;
Nor did the wisest wizard guess
What would bechance at Lyonnesse
While I should sojourn there.
In this stanza, the poet expresses his unsurity about what would happen at Lyonnesse. He says that he doesn’t know what awaits him at Lyonnesse. The poet says that even a prophet or a ‘wisest wizard’ would fail to predict the experience accurately and vividly.
Stanza 3
When I returned from Lyonnesse
With magic in my eyes,
All marked with mute surmise
My radiance rare and fathomless,
When I returned from Lyonnesse
With magic in my eyes.
In this stanza the poet describes what happened on his return. On his return from the parish, people noticed two things about him- a new glow in his eyes and a crumpled piece of paper sticking out of his coat pocket.
Explanation:
Meanings of words and phrases:
- rime: frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour in cloud or fog
- lonesomeness : a state for feeling lonely
- sojourn : a temporary stay
- bechance: to happen or find by chance
- mute : silent
- sunrise : suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it
- radiance : light or heat as emitted or reflected by something
- fathomless: something unable to be measured or understood
Rhyming words:
1st stanza: Lyonnesse – lonesomeness and away – spray.
2nd stanza: Lyonnesse – guess and there – declare.
3rd stanza: Lyonnesse – fathomless and eyes – surmise.