InterviewSolution
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With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew’d With tears of thoughtful gratitude. |
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Answer» Context: In these lines the poet thinks himself to be a scholar. He is fond of reading books of great authors and exchanging his views with them. So he regards these books as his true friends. He also describes the likes and dislikes, aspirations and dreams of a scholar. Explanation : In this stanza the poet says that the books serve him as a true friend. Whenever he is in a happy mood, he gets joy in reading them. Whenever he is sad and melancholy, he gets comfort and consolation. Thus the books are his companions of joys as well as of sorrows. When he thinks it, he feels himself very much indebted to the writers of these books. He becomes emotional and tears of gratitude begin to flow and make his cheeks wet. |
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My thoughts are with the Dead; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. |
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Answer» Context: In these lines the poet says that he has a small library having books of great authors. He regards them as his friends and exchanges his views with them. He gets joy and consolation in reading them. So he thinks himself to be very grateful to them. Explanation: In this stanza the scholar says that whenever he reads the books of great authors, his ideas also become the same as of those authors. He feels as if he were living with them in those past days. He gets the knowledge of past days. The poet accepts their noble qualities and hates their evils. Whenever he reads the lesson full of wisdom in these books, he learns a lot from them with extreme humility. |
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My hopes are with the Dead; anon My place with them will be, And I with them shall travel on Through all Futurity; Yet leaving here a name, I trust, That will not perish in the dust. |
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Answer» Context: In this poem the poet says that he has a small library having books of great authors. He reads them and exchanges his views with them. He gets joy and consolation in reading them. So he thinks himself to be very grateful to them. Explanation: In this concluding stanza the scholar says that his ambitions are similar to those of dead authors. He will also die soon and he will be in the line of dead authors. The people will read his books also as they read the books of dead authors. His thoughts will also travel from one place to another in the form of books. The scholar will become immortal just as his favourite authors are. The coming generations will not forget him. |
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