Tuesday 25 July 2017

Longing

LONGING
MATTHEW ARNOLD

Come to me in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Come, as thou cam'st a thousand times,
A messenger from radiant climes,
And smile on thy new world, and be
As kind to others as to me!

Or, as thou never cam'st in sooth,
Come now, and let me dream it truth,
And part my hair, and kiss my brow,
And say,My love why sufferest thou?

Come tome in my dreams, and then
By day I shall be well again!
For so the night will more than pay
The hopeless longing of the day.

Analysis of the poem
In this poem, the poet expresses his longing for the presence of his beloved.  He wants her to come to him in his dreams and fulfil his desires- at least an imaginary fulfillment of his wishes.

The poet begins the poem by expressing his longing for the presence of his beloved. He wants her to come to him in his dreams and he hopes that it will make his day happy. During the day he strongly desires for the company of his beloved.  But she doesn’t come.  So he says that if she comes in his dreams at night then it can compensate the hopeless longing of the day.

He wants his beloved to come to him as she has visited him a thousand times. He considers her as one who comes from a new world which is bright and shining.  As she is new to this world, the poet requests her not to be strange but to smile on her new world. He also wants her to be so kind to everybody as she is to him.

In reality, his beloved has never come to him. And so his desires are left unfulfilled. Hence he wants to materialise his wishes through his dreams. He pleads her to part his hair and kiss him on his forehead and say she is with him and there is no need to suffer any more.

The poet once again asks his beloved to come to him in his dreams for he hopes that it will make him happy during the day.  He wants to compensate his wishes of the day by dreaming about his beloved at night.

Theme
1. Love
2. Waiting passionately
3. Dreams are to fulfil desires
4. Faith in love
5. Desires

Question and answer
 1. Who  is  the  “thou”  in  the  poem?  A  dream  girl?  A  dear  departed?  A  dame  sans  Mercy” Discuss.
The  “thou”  in  the  poem  is  the  poet’s  beloved. She  may  be  a  dream  girl  for  she  visits  the poet  only  in  his  dreams.    She  may  also  be  a  dear  departed  for  the  poet  is  much  worried during  the  day  because  of  her  absence. She  can’t  be  a  dame  sans  mercy  because happiness and relief to the poet in his dream at night.

2. “... and  be/As  kind  to  others  as  to  me! explain the  poet’s stance?
The  poet’s  love  for  his  beloved  is  sincere  and  genuine  that  there  can she  brings ”  Lovers  are  often jealous  by  nature. How  do  you be  no  place  for jealousy.  That  is why  he  wants her  to be  so kind to everybody  as she  is to him.

3. “As thou never  cam’st  in  sooth”.  Was she  a  deceitful  woman?
The  beloved  may  be  a  dear  departed  and  that  is  why  she  couldn any  mo re.  She  was not  a deceitful woman. ’ t  come  t o  him  in reality.

4.“And let  me  dream  it  truth”. How  does it  help to reflect  the  intensity  of  his  longing?
The  poet  longs  for  the  presence  of  his  beloved  but  she  never  comes  to  him  in  reality.    So  he wants her  to  come  to him  in his dreams and  caress  him.  His love  is so intense  that  he  wants to believe  his dreams to  be  true.

Essay
1.Theme  of  love  and longing  in the  poem

The  poem Longing Longing. by the famous Victorian poet This poem Matthew Arnold is a typical love poem. is an expression of the  poet’s  longing  for the presen poet’s l ce of  his  beloved. The ove is very intense and sincere. The poet seems to be much worried about  the  absence  of  his beloved  during the  day. So the poet wants his beloved to come to him in his dreams and he hopes that it will make him happy throughout the day. He really wants to have a great time with his beloved during day time, but she doesn’t come to him. He pleads his beloved to visit him in his that he can compensate his hopele dreams so ss longing  of the day through his dreams at night. The poet wants her to come as she has visited him a thousand times. He considers her as one who comes from a new world which is bright and shining. She brings happiness and relief to the poet’s life. He does not want his beloved to show any hostility as she is new to this world but to smile on her new world. His love is so sincere that he tells  her to be as kind to others as to him self . The  poet  sadly her admits the fact that his beloved  has never come to him in reality. Even then he does not reject love. He believes that what he sees in  his dreams are real. He pleads his beloved to come  to him  in his dreams and delight  him by parting  his hair  and kis sing  his brow and wants her to say  there is no need to suffer any  more as she  is with him  always. The poet  once again asks his  beloved to visit him  in his dreams and to make his day happy. This poem  is a true expression of the  poet’s love  and longing for his beloved.

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