Read the poem and answer the following question.
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Which of the following best states the central idea of the poem?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → The beloved is so much a part of the speaker that love becomes the centre of the speaker’s whole world
The poem opens and closes with the line “i carry your heart”.
- The beloved goes wherever the speaker goes.
- The speaker wants “no world”, because the beloved is the speaker’s world.
- The moon, the sun and even the stars are linked to this love.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: The speaker fears that fate will one day separate the two lovers — Incorrect. Contradicted: The speaker has no such fear. The poem says “i fear no fate”, because the beloved is the speaker’s fate.
Option 3: Love is a secret that the speaker must hide from the rest of the world — Incorrect. Misread: The poem calls love “the deepest secret nobody knows”. This means love is a deep mystery. It does not mean the speaker is hiding it from people.
Option 4: The beauty of the moon and the sun reminds the speaker of the beloved — Incorrect. Too narrow: The moon and the sun appear in only two lines. They show how big the beloved is to the speaker. They are not the main idea of the whole poem.