Question

Write short answers to the questions that follow the extract:
CERES
Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that ne'er
Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;
Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,
And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
My bosky acres and my unshrubb'd down,
Rich scarf to my proud earth; why hath thy queen
Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd green?
a. Who does Ceres address as many-colour'd messenger? Why?
b. State three things that Ceres states about the person she is talking to?
c. Why is Ceres here? What does she represent?
d. Mention two people who appear later? Why were they called?
e. State the various purposes served by this interlude.

Answer 1

Explanation:

65Which spongy April at thy hest betrims

To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom groves,

Whose shadow the dismissèd bachelor loves,

Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipped vineyard;

And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky hard,

70Where thou thyself dost air—the Queen o' th' Sky,

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