MY NOVEMBER GUEST
My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
Her pleasure will not let me stay.
She talks and I am fain to list:
She's glad the birds are gone away,
She's glad her simple worsted grey
Is silver now with clinging mist.
The desolate, deserted trees,
The faded earth, the heavy sky,
The beauties she so truly sees,
She thinks I have no eye for these,
And vexes me for reason why.
Not yesterday I learned to know
The love of bare November days
Before the coming of the snow,
But it were vain to tell her so,
And they are better for her praise.
The poet in the poem is trying to connect the World with:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → the nature
The whole poem takes place out of doors, in the bare November countryside: the "withered tree", the "sodden pasture lane", the birds that have gone away, the clinging mist, "The faded earth, the heavy sky". Through the eyes of his Sorrow the poet finds beauty in this bleak season and links his inner feeling with the world of nature around him.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: closed surroundings — Incorrect. Contradicted: the poem is set in open country, on a pasture lane under a heavy sky, not in a closed place.
Option 2: the boundaries — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the poem speaks of no boundaries or limits; the poet looks at the trees, earth and sky.
Option 4: the inside walls — Incorrect. Contradicted: nothing in the poem happens indoors; Sorrow walks the pasture lane and will not let the poet stay inside.