1. Answer the questions from the poem I

Exercise condition:

7 m.

Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. Let me but live my life from year to year,
With forward face and unreluctant soul;

a. Whom does the word ‘me’ refer to?

The word me refers to the poet Henry Van Dyke.
The word me refers to human beings.

b. What kind of life does the poet want to lead?

The poet wants to live his life thinking of what is going to happen in the future.
The poet wants to live his life year after year, meaning that he wants to take it one thing at a time.

2. Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal;
Not mourning for the things that disappear

a. Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry?

He wants to achieve his goals faster.
He believes that the journey to reach the goal is more beautiful than the destination. He wants to achieve his goals slowly but at a steady pace.

b. What should one not mourn for?

For the things that had disappeared or were lost, as there is no use worrying about lost things.
For the things that get faster and easier in life.

3. In the dim past, nor holding back in fear
    From what the future veils; but with a whole
    And happy heart, that pays its toll
    To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.

a. What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘in the dim past’?