I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore,
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.
The Garden of Love was filled with ________. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank suitably.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → graves
When the speaker turns back to the Garden of Love, he sees that it is "filled with graves" and tombstones where flowers should be. The joyful garden of his childhood has become a place of death.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: birds — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the poem says nothing about birds.
Option 3: happiness — Incorrect. Contradicted: the garden now holds the opposite: priests are binding the speaker's joys and desires with briars.
Option 4: flowers — Incorrect. Wrong time: the garden once bore many sweet flowers; now there are tombstones "where flowers should be".