Poem 04 Music When Soft Voices Die
4.MUSIC WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE
Q.1.Why does the poet
consider that the music vibrates in memory even after soft voices die?
Ans)The poet considers that the music has a power of
love. The music of a song gives pleasure and moves heart and soul. It becomes a
part of memory. It vibrates in memory even after it ends.
Q.2.How do the flowers
live even after they have become dried?
Ans)The flowers have natural beauty and an essence
of ecstatic (very happy, excited and enthusiastic) fragrance. They have become
dried after a certain period of their life but the sense of their sweetness,
beauty and fragrance is preserved in memory. Thus, they remain alive even after
their physical death.
Q.3.Why does the poet
think that rose leaves are very important for him?
Ans)The poet considers rose as the flower of love.
He thinks the petals of rose, which are dried, but preserved the essence of
beauty, love and fragrance in them. He compares his beloved as a rose;
therefore, he gives rose leaves very important. He thinks rose leaves, which
are heaped (given lot of praise etc.) on the grave of his beloved, can only be
a source of showing his love and devotion for his beloved.
Q.4.How does the poet
show his love for his dead beloved in the poem “Music When Soft Voices Die”?
Ans)The poet expresses his deep love for his dead
beloved. He says love is a passion, which remains evergreen in every season of
life. Love does not only relate to the physical existence of the beloved but it
remains alive even after the separation with the beloved. Love is preserved in
memory with the thoughts of the beloved and it shall remain alive forever.
Q.5.What does the poet
mean by these lines?
And so thy thoughts,
when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on
Ans)The poet says in these lines that the thoughts
of his beloved, which are very sweet and ecstatic, have been preserved in his
heart and soul. These thoughts are revived in his memory and they are the only
source of showing his love and devotion for his beloved when she has gone away.
Q.6.How does Shelley
prove that fact that his feelings of love will remain fresh even after the
departure and death of his beloved?
Ans)Shelley, the Poet of Love has projected the
thought that his love for his parted love and her beauty, both will remain
fresh alive long after her death. to prove this, he has given the example of
three immortal objects _ melody, fragrance and loveliness of roses. He says
just as melody remains alive after sweet voices have ceased to sing and
fragrance of pretty violets flowers remains preserved in our senses long after
the flowers have withered, the beauty of his beloved and his love for her will
remain alive forever. He will continue to get relief from her thoughts.
“For Love, Beauty and
Delight, there is no Death, nor Change” (Shelley)