Explanations of Poems - Book III - for Intermediate -BISE Gujranwala (Masood Sadiq)

  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 de...