Question

write the summary of the poem isolation to Marugurite (for 10marks)​

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Explanation:

Summary

In the first stanza of this short poem, Arnold compares humans to islands, to suggest how distant we are from one another. He paints an image of a vast sea between the islands (people), and emphasizing their separation through the line "We mortal millions live alone."

And yet these islands are drawn to one another, through the lovely sounds of birds singing, sounds which drift between the islands. The speaker expresses his desire for connection, which modern society lacks. He suggests that we must have once been together - all the "islands" must have once been one "continent." He desperately wishes that the water between the islands would recede so that the landforms might meet again.

In the final stanza, he asks what power could possibly keep lovers apart like this, and "render vain their deep desire." The answer, he states, is God — the God of the modern world does not provide the same hope and connection that He once did, since much of faith is tainted by science.