In this post, I have explained summary of BSEB class 12th English prose section lesson 10 Chapter 01 “Sweetest Love, I do not goe” in Hindi & English.
Introduction
JOHN DONNE (1572-1631), the pioneer of a new kind of lyrical and satirical verse called ‘Metaphysical’, was born in London into a prosperous Roman Catholic family of traders at a time when England was staunchly anti-Catholic. Donne was forced to leave Oxford University without a degree because of his religion. He studied law, and read theology. He also participated in two naval expeditions and became secretary to a powerful noble, a job he lost when he was briefly sent to prison for secretly marrying his patron’s niece. In 1615, at the age of 42, Donne accepted ordination in the Anglican Church and soon became one of the greatest preachers of his time. In love-lyricism, Donne broke completely with the Petrarchan tradition, introducing an intellectual and colloquial tone. His love poems use the latest discoveries of science and geography to hammer home a point and combine passion with verbal and intellectual ‘teasing’. Donne is well known for his Song and Sonnets, Satires and the Elegies and Sermons. Genuine Poetic feelings, harsh metres, strained and whimsical images characterize all his poetic creations.
Summary in English
The Poem “Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe” is a love poem, which has been composed by the poet John Donne for his wife ANNE in 1611. This poet tells about destiny and fate. In this present poem, the poet beautifully expresses the feelings of love.
When lovers part with each other, they show the passion of love. The poet desires to depart from his beloved not because he has become fed with her or hopes to get a fitter love.
He wants to leave his beloved because he knows as well that death will certainly part them away. The poet assures his beloved that he will come back like the sun comes everyday. The poet promises his beloved that his returning will be faster than the sun. Finally asserts that those who truly love each-other are never parted and never died ultimately meet in heaven after their physical death.
Summary in Hindi
“Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe” एक प्यार की कविता हैं, जिसे कवि जॉन डोने ने अपनी पत्नी एएनएन के लिए 1611 में बनाया है। यह कवि भाग्य और सत्य के बारे में बताता है। इस कविता में कवि जॉन डोंने ने बिलकुल ही सुन्दर तरीके से प्यार के ऐहसास का वर्णन किया हैं|
जब दो प्रेमी एक दूसरे से अलग होते हैं तो वे दोनों अपने पागलपन को दर्शाते हैं या दिखाते हैं| कवि की इक्षा अपनी प्रेमिका से दुर जाना इसलिए नहीं हैं कि वे अपने प्रेमिका से उब्ब गए हैं या फिर वह उससे झूठा प्यार करते हैं|
वह अपनी प्रेमिका से इसलिए दूर होना चाहते है क्योंकि वे अच्छी तरह से यह जानते हैं की मौत एक दिन उन दोनों में से एक दूसरे को जुदा कर देगी तो अकेले कैसे जीवन जीते है उसका अनुभव उन दोनों को हो जाएगा|कवि अपनी प्रेमिका को ये भरोसा(आश्वासन) दिलाते है कि वे जल्द ही वापस आ जायेगे जैसे कि सूर्य प्रतिदिन आता हैं|कवि अपनी प्रेमिका से यह वादा करते हैं कि उनकी जो वापस लौटने कि जो गति है वो उस चमकते हुए सूर्य से भी तेज हैं|आख़िरकार कवि इस बात पर जोर देते हैं कि वे लोग,जो दूसरे से सच्चा प्यार करते हैं न,वे कभी भी एक दूसरे से जुदा नहीं होते है और न ही कभी मरते हैं बल्कि अंत में उनकी मिलन स्वर्ग में होती हैं |
Some Important Points:-
| John Donne died in – | 1631 |
| Who Wrote ‘Sweetest love, I do nor Goe” – | Jonh Donne |
| John Donne was the pioneer of a new kind of lyrical and satirical verse called – | Metphysical. |
| The poet intends to go on a longer journey than – | Sun |
| The power of man is – | Weak |
| The poet loves whom so intensely that he wants to come back soon – | beloved |
| John Donne is going to _________ leaving his wife behind – | Germany |
| …….. Wants to gladly accept death – | John Donne |
| John Donne feels that a …….. is very hopless – | Man |
| John Donne had seen the sun setting …….night – | Yester |
| John Donne was forced to leave …….. without a degree because of his religion – | oxford university |
| Weariness means – | tiredness |
| The modern English of ‘hath’ is – | has |
| “He hath no desire nor sense Nor halfe so shart a way” is composed by – | John Donne |
| The redness of the five appears ……..to the poet – | cruel |
| John Donne thinks that ……. is certain – | Death |
| John Donne wants to go away because he is not tired of his – | beloved |
| The poet inteds to go on a longer journey than – | sun |
Short Questions
Q1. Where does the poet want to go?
Ans. The poet wants to go on a journey but the nature of the journey is not known in the poem. But it’s clear that he wants to go as a ‘test run’.
Q2. What does he use as a metaphor?
Ans. He uses ‘the Sun’ as a metaphor. He assures his beloved that as the sun have appeared again he will also return from the journey.
Q3. How does the port compare himself to the sun?
Ans. The poet says that even if the sun does not have sense, he desires and a beloved he comes back again then why can’t I whereas I (the poet) have everything.
Q4. What does the poet believe & why?
Ans. The poet believes that he will make his journey successful because he has everything sense, desire and a beloved.
Q5. What makes a man’s power feeble?
Ans. A man has a weakness that he kneels down before his bad luck. He loses ability to face it. Even he does not take a profit of his good fortune.
Q6. How does the beloved waste the poet’s life?
Ans. The poet says that once his beloved told that he is the part of her, and he lies in her. But as present she is sighing, she is weeping. Like this she is wasting poet’s life.
Q7. In what way will the lovers remain united?
Ans. Actually the poet says that the one who are true lovers, they never part away, then always remain alive.
Q8. What arguments does the poet give at the time of parting with his beloved?
Ans. The poet says to his beloved that let not the fore think come to your mind as sometimes it may come true. At the same time, he suggests that if you remember me then imagine I am there on your bed we are turned aside.
Q9. Has the poet found another lady? Does he hope from this world?
Ans. No, the poet has not found any other lady. Nor he hopes from this world. He loves only his beloved and her true love.
Q10. Why does the poet want to go away from his beloved?
Ans. The speaker wants to go away from his beloved as a “test run” for the separation which they will experience at death. He also assures her beloved that he is not leaving her because of tiredness. On the other hand, he talks about the certainty of death and expresses his desire to have some amusement.