Question

ACTIVITY - 2
Read the lines from the poem.
' Lines written in the early spring ' .and answer the question that follow each question carries one score ?
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I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
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1) What are the blended notes referred to here ?
2) What might be the sad thoughts that came into his mind ?​

Answer 1

1) based on “grove” and “nature” i would assume a variety animal calls

2) “sad thoughts” seem to refer to the “what man has made of man” as it seems the poet is upset that the link of nature and soul is mended in some way. this could be reference towards deforestation or other acts we have caused to destroy nature