Question

From “Life in a Love” by Robert Browning But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, To dry one’s eyes and laugh at a fall, And, baffled, get up and begin again,— So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all.

What do these lines show about the speaker and his attempt to gain the woman’s love?


He will never give up the pursuit of his beloved.

He accepts that he will die if she does not return his affection.

He views his efforts to win her affection as silly.

He will find a new love if she does not care for him.

Answer 1

He will never give up the pursuit of his beloved.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) he will never give up the pursuit of his beloved.

What the lines show of the speaker and his attempt to gain the woman's love is that he will never give up the pursuit of his beloved.

"Life in a Love" is a poem written by Robert Browning. It was published in the book "Men and Woman" in 1855. It refers to a woman that could leave the speaker. He pursues the woman and tels that he is going to continue to insists. And if he fails one time, he will keep on trying.

The lines in the excerpt exemplify this: "And, baffled, get up and begin again,— So the chase takes up one’s life, that’s all."