Stanza 2 "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now", by Alfred Edward Housman- Explanation- Book III Poem 3 for Intermediate -BISE Gujranwala

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Now my three score years and ten
Twenty will not come back
And take from seventy springs a score
It only leaves me fifty more.


Reference:
These lines have been taken from 

“Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now”, by 

Alfred Edward Housman.

Context:  In this beautifully composed poem, the poet has expressed his profound and passionate love for nature. Its shows the poet's admiration of nature and its stunning objects especially cheery during the spring season. The tree has cast a tremendous and captivating impact on the feelings and mind of the poet when the poet sees his beloved tree, cheery loaded with white flowers. The poet wants to enjoy the company of his loveliest tree for a long time. Nevertheless, he cannot quench his aesthetic thirst in his short span of life, as he thinks fifty years is not a big period to enjoy.

Explanation:
In these lines, the poet in his spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings describes his regret that he has missed the beauty of cherry trees during the first twenty years of his life. Now, out of seventy years of his life, he has only fifty more years to live, which he considers them very short period to enjoy the beauty of cherry flowers. The cherry is in full bloom. It is covered with white flowers. He is now determined that he will go to see the beautiful flowers of the cherry every spring. This period is not enough to enjoy the beauty of the cherry tree. However, he will not miss any chance and go every year to the woods and enjoy the beauty of the cherry tree and its flowers in its full bloom. The poet calls it the loveliest of trees. His joy knows no bounds to see the cherry tree.
 

"There is no definition of beauty, but when you see someone's spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that's beautiful to me." Liv Tyler

    The language of the poem is simple but the meanings it conveys are profound and thought-provoking. Both the implicit (inner) and explicit (outer) meanings invite the reader to use his subtle imagination and consideration.




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