Read the following passage and answer the questions.
What is the life if full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as the sheep or cows.
No time to see when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can,
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Why according to the poet is it a 'poor life'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Because we have no time to stand and stare
The poem ends, "A poor life this if, full of care, / We have no time to stand and stare." A life so full of worries that it leaves no time to pause and enjoy nature and beauty is, to the poet, a poor life.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Because unlike squirrels we can't hide nuts — Incorrect. Misread: the squirrels hiding nuts are only something we have no time to watch; the poet does not wish to hide nuts.
Option 3: Because we like to glance at beauty from afar — Incorrect. Misread: the poet's complaint is that we have no time even to turn at Beauty's glance, not that we look at it from a distance.
Option 4: Because we have careless life. — Incorrect. Opposite meaning: the poet says our life is "full of care" (worry), the opposite of careless (free from worry, or not paying attention).