ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

EDMUND SPENSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
““What more miraculous thing may be toldThat fire which all things melts, should harden ice” The speaker asks why his beloved’s coldness does not
A
cool his desire
B
dissolve their relationship
C
delay their marriage
D
fade away
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What more miraculous thing may be told, That fire, which all things melts, should harden ice, And ice, which is congeal’d with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device?

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the “miraculous thing” in Spenser’s Sonnet 30? The fact that the hotter his desire is for the lady the colder she becomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -"My Love is like to ice, and I to fire, ” also known as “Amoretti XXX, ” is number 30 in Edmund Spenser’s 1595 sonnet sequence about his courtship and marriage to Elizabeth Boyle. In this poem, the speaker describes how he loves his beloved with fiery passion even as she meets his desire with cold disinterest.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our love shall live, and later life renew. The final couplet of Sonnet 75 summarizes the message of the poem. According to the lyrical voice, even if everything comes to an end (“Where whenas death shall all the world subdue”), their love will survive (“Out love shall live, and later life renew”).

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