FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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feels excited for the woman
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feels rejected by the woman
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feels passion for the woman
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite its author’s youth and inexperience, the poem broods on life’s disappointments. For the speaker of the poem, even thinking about such sorrows brings them back with all their original pain and power. Only one thing offers solace and comfort in the face of such pain-the love the speaker feels for a “dear friend.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Using a simile, he says that his beloved is “like to ice"-presumably meaning that she’s cold, distant, and unwilling to “warm” to his love. By contrast, the speaker compares himself to “fire.” This suggests that the speaker is burning with desire for his beloved, consumed with lust and passion.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the final two lines of ‘Sonnet 30’ the speaker transitions into the turn, or volta. This is seen through a direct address to a “dear friend, ” the Fair Youth. Whenever he is as depressed as he described in the previous lines, he thinks of the youth, and his losses are restored and his “sorrows end”.
Detailed explanation-4: -The next quatrain of ‘My Love is like to ice, and I to fire’ contains the second question of the text. The speaker’s comparison of himself to fire and his lover to ice is continued.