No, no thou hast not felt the lapse of hours! For what wears out the life of mortal men? ’Tis that…
Arnold addresses the Scholar-Gipsy, imagined as free from modernity’s exhausting repeated shocks. Telemachus, the nightingale and Dorothy are not the addressee.
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No, no thou hast not felt the lapse of hours!
For what wears out the life of mortal men?
’Tis that repeated shocks, again, again,
Exhaust the energy of strongest souls
And numb the elastic powers …
Who does the poet address here?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Arnold addresses the Scholar-Gipsy, imagined as free from modernity’s exhausting repeated shocks. Telemachus, the nightingale and Dorothy are not the addressee.
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