Question

What is the message of the poem the noble Nature by Ben jonson

Answer 1

Answer:

The theme of the poem is the contrast between a meaningless long life span and a short life span full of heroic & virtual deeds. An oak tree of a hundred years and lily of a day represents it.

Answer 2

The Noble Nature by Ben Jonson talks about what makes a man noble.

Explanation:

• The poet, Ben Jonson, in the poem ‘The Noble Nature’, talks about what makes a man noble. In order to this, he compares man to a delicate lily and to a sturdy oak. He says living long like a sturdy oak or growing physically like a bulky tree does not make any man a noble being. The massive, solid and aged oak quickly became a vacuous, 'warm' and cold wood. The destiny of a individual, who is blessed only with long life and material and physical well being, would be likewise.
• The plant of lily is short-lived. It is really beautiful and blooms in May. While the flower lives a day and falls and dies at night, in this brief time it spreads elegance and enjoyment. The poet thinks the existence of the lily is important, however brief, which makes a man honorable, and although the existence of a man is short, it can be a perfect life

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