Question

this question has two parts. answer part a and then answer part b. part a: which statement best reflects how the speakers point of view differs from his communitys? 1. the speaker knows what danger lies ahead, but the community sees opportunity. 2. the speaker sees the flaws of home, but the community thinks home is flawless. 3. the speaker feels the urge to leave home, but the community wants him to stay. 4. the speaker values finding love in the world, but the community wants him to seek fame. part b: which two lines from the poem best support the correct answer from part a? 1. “tis my twentieth year: dim, now, youth stretches behind me;” 2. “and despised seem, now, those quiet fields i have travelld:” (line 3) (untitled poem by manmohan ghose from primavera) tis my twentieth year: dim, now, youth stretches behind me; breaking fresh at my feet, lies, like an ocean, the world. and despised seem, now, those quiet fields i have travelld: eager to thee i turn, life, and thy visions of joy. fame i see, with her wreath, far off approaching to crown me; love, whose starry eyes fever my heart with desire; and impassiond i yearn for the future, all unconscious, ah, poor dreamer! what ills life in its circle enfolds. not more restless the boy, whose eager, confident bosom the wide, unknown sea fills with a hunger to roam. often beside the surge of the desolate ocean he paces; ingrate, dreams of a sky brighter, serener than his. passionate soul! light holds he a mothers tearful entreaties, lightly leaves he behind all the sad faces of home; never again, perchance, to behold them; lost in the tempest, or on some tropic shore dying in fever and pain!

Explanation:

In Part A, the speaker's eagerness to leave and travel, as well as the mention of leaving behind the community's views, shows a divergence from the community's perspective. For Part B, lines that reflect a yearning to move on and a sense of leaving behind the familiar like "Tis my twentieth year: dim, now, youth stretches behind me" and "And despised seem, now, those quiet fields I have travell'd" convey the speaker's desire to move beyond the current situation.

Answer:

Part A: 4. The speaker knows what danger lies ahead, but the community sees opportunity.
Part B: 1. "Tis my twentieth year: dim, now, youth stretches behind me"

1. "And despised seem, now, those quiet fields I have travell'd"