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BSEB Class 12 English Poem 1 Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Summary, Explanation along with Difficult Word Meanings from Rainbow Book

 

Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe – BSEB Class 12 English Poem 1 Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Summary and detailed line by line explanations of the poem along with the meanings of difficult words.

BSEB Class 12 Rainbow Book Poem 1 – Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe

By John Donne

 

 

 

Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Introduction

 

The poem – Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe was written by John Donne. In this present poem, the poet beautifully expressed his feelings of love. When lovers depart from each other, they show the passion of love. The poet wanted to demonstrate his feelings of love. In this poem, he was addressing his wife Anne Moore. The theme of the Poem was parting; therefore, the poet consoled his wife. Poet was departing for Europe in 1611. This poem was an expression of those feelings, which he experienced when he went away from his wife. 
 
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Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Summary

 

Sweetest Love, I do not goe Summary – ‘Song: Sweetest love, I do not go’ by John Donne was a five stanza poem that was separated into sets of eight lines,‘Song: Sweetest love, I do not go’ was first published in 1633 in the posthumous collection Songs and Sonnets.The poem began with the speaker stating that he was going to leave. That does not mean the end of their relationship though as he didn’t actually want to go. He explained to his wife that he was not going away as he was tired of her or of the relationship with his wife. He explained that he was not going away because he didn’t  love his wife anymore. Nor was he leaving with any hope that he would get better or fitter love than her anywhere else in any part of the world. The author knew that death was inevitable or unavoidable and everyone would die one day. So the author explained that he must die one day and before that day comes, he wanted to be fully prepared to face it. He wanted to do something fun and amusing before that happened. Poet wanted to separate himself from his lover as he thought it was the best way to face death. 

In the second stanza,the speaker compared himself to the sun. The poet explained to his wife that last night the sun went away and the darkness appeared. But it came back again the next day with a new morning leaving the darkness and sadness behind. The sun neither had any desire nor sense. So the poet explained to his wife that if the sun could complete its long journey around the world and come back, then so could the poet. He also believed that they could make the best of this bad situation by teaching bad luck how to leave them alone. Poet concluded ‘Song: Sweetest love, I do not go’ by asking his lover not to cry or sigh over him. This would only cause him to fall into harm’s way and/or damage their relationship. He loved her and was going to make sure they were in one another’s company again soon. 

In the third stanza,The poet explained how weak human power was. When good fortune would come, one could not add more time to the good part of their life. He felt miserable that nobody could bring back the lost good times of their life. The poet said that when the bad times would come, we should fight that phase with all our strength. It is human nature that when the bad times come we extend the length of the bad time by worrying about it all the time that we end up extending it even more. But if we could teach bad times a good lesson then this bad fortune would not hamper us and our happiness for the rest of our lives. So the poet wanted to say that good and bad days were a part of life and one should welcome both phases because whatever happened, will happen and no one can stop that.

In the fourth stanza The poet expresses his own unhappiness at his lover’s sadness. He said when his lover breathed, she was not only breathing in air or oxygen but instead, she was also taking the poet’s soul away. The crying of his wife was both kind and unkind. The reason why he used the word kind was because her cry showed her love towards the poet and the pain of their separation. But at the same time when he saw her crying, it killed the poet bit by bit and that’s why this was unkind when she cried and her tears fell. So the poet wanted her lover not to waste her life by getting sad and crying all the time. That would be best for the poet as well as his lover.

In the fifth and the last stanza the poet was referring to his beloved wife’s heart as divine, heavenly and pure. Poet wanted his wife not to bring any bad thoughts about him and their parting situation because sometimes, destiny could play its part and the most fearful thought in their mind that they were afraid of, could come true. So the poet suggested that his wife should think that they were together every day and night. Even when they were sleeping together she should assume that they were just facing their backs towards each other. He left her with the encouragement that two people whose love was their very lifeblood could never be parted and they were always together in spirit. They were keeping one another alive through their love. Thus, the poet finally said their love was immortal. No matter what happened he would always be with his beloved wife. If he was not physically present, then his soul and this love would always be alive inside his wife’s heart.
 
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Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Summary in Hindi

जॉन डोने की ‘सॉन्ग: स्वीटेस्ट लव, आई डोंट गो‘ पांच छंदों वाली कविता थी, जिसे आठ पंक्तियों के सेट में विभाजित किया गया था, ‘सॉन्ग: स्वीटेस्ट लव, आई डोंट गो‘ पहली बार 1633 में मरणोपरांत संग्रह सॉन्ग्स एंड में प्रकाशित हुआ था। सॉनेट्स।कविता वक्ता के यह कहते हुए शुरू हुई कि वह जाने वाला है। हालाँकि इसका मतलब उनके रिश्ते का अंत नहीं है क्योंकि वह वास्तव में जाना नहीं चाहता था। उसने अपनी पत्नी को समझाया कि वह दूर नहीं जा रहा है क्योंकि वह उससे या अपनी पत्नी के साथ रिश्ते से थक गया है। उसने समझाया कि वह दूर नहीं जा रहा है क्योंकि वह अब अपनी पत्नी से प्यार नहीं करता। न ही वह इस उम्मीद के साथ जा रहा था कि उसे दुनिया के किसी भी कोने में उससे बेहतर या अच्छा प्यार मिलेगा। लेखक जानता था कि मृत्यु अपरिहार्य या अपरिहार्य है और हर कोई एक दिन मरेगा। तो लेखक ने समझाया कि उसे एक दिन मरना ही है और वह दिन आने से पहले वह इसका सामना करने के लिए पूरी तरह से तैयार होना चाहता था। ऐसा होने से पहले वह कुछ मज़ेदार और मनोरंजक करना चाहता था। कवि खुद को अपने प्रेमी से अलग करना चाहता था क्योंकि उसे लगता था कि मौत का सामना करने का यही सबसे अच्छा तरीका है।

दूसरे छंद में वक्ता ने अपनी तुलना सूर्य से की। कवि ने अपनी पत्नी को समझाया कि कल रात सूरज चला गया और अंधेरा छा गया। लेकिन वह अगले दिन एक नई सुबह के साथ फिर वापस आ गया और अपने पीछे अंधेरा और उदासी छोड़ गया। सूरज को न तो कोई चाहत थी और न ही कोई एहसास। तो कवि ने अपनी पत्नी को समझाया कि यदि सूर्य दुनिया भर में अपनी लंबी यात्रा पूरी करके वापस आ सकता है, तो कवि भी ऐसा कर सकता है। उनका यह भी मानना ​​था कि बुरी किस्मत को यह सिखाकर कि उन्हें अकेला कैसे छोड़ा जाए, वे इस बुरी स्थिति से बेहतर तरीके से निपट सकते हैं। कवि ने ‘गीत: मधुरतम प्रेम (स्वीटेस्टलव), मैं नहीं जाता‘ का समापन अपने प्रेमी से उसके लिए न रोने या आह न भरने के लिए कहकर किया। इससे केवल उसे नुकसान होगा और/या उनके रिश्ते को नुकसान पहुंचेगा। वह उससे प्यार करता था और यह सुनिश्चित करना चाहता था कि वे जल्द ही फिर से एक–दूसरे के साथ हों। 

तीसरे छंद में कवि ने बताया कि मानव शक्ति कितनी कमजोर है। जब सौभाग्य आएगा, तो कोई अपने जीवन के अच्छे हिस्से में और समय नहीं जोड़ सकेगा। उन्हें दुख था कि कोई भी उनके जीवन के खोए हुए अच्छे समय को वापस नहीं ला सकता। कवि ने कहा कि जब बुरा समय आए तो हमें अपनी पूरी ताकत से उस दौर से लड़ना चाहिए। यह मानव स्वभाव है कि जब बुरा समय आता है तो हम हर समय उसके बारे में चिंता करते हुए बुरे समय की अवधि को और भी अधिक बढ़ा देते हैं। लेकिन अगर हम बुरे समय को एक अच्छा सबक सिखा सकें तो यह दुर्भाग्य जीवन भर हमें और हमारी खुशियों को बाधित नहीं करेगा। तो कवि कहना चाहता था कि अच्छे और बुरे दिन जीवन का हिस्सा हैं और व्यक्ति को दोनों चरणों का स्वागत करना चाहिए क्योंकि जो हुआ, वह होगा और उसे कोई नहीं रोक सकता।

चौथे छंद में कवि ने अपनी प्रेमिका की उदासी पर अपना दुःख व्यक्त किया है। उन्होंने कहा कि जब उनकी प्रेमिका सांस लेती थी, तो वह न केवल हवा या ऑक्सीजन में सांस ले रही थी, बल्कि वह कवि की आत्मा को भी दूर ले जा रही थी। उसकी पत्नी का रोना दयालु भी था और निर्दयी भी। उन्होंने दयालु शब्द का प्रयोग इसलिए किया क्योंकि उसके रोने से कवि के प्रति उसका प्यार और उनके अलग होने का दर्द झलक रहा था। लेकिन उसी समय जब उसने उसे रोते हुए देखा, तो इसने कवि को थोड़ा–थोड़ा करके मार डाला और यही कारण है कि जब वह रोती थी और उसके आँसू गिरते थे तो यह निर्दयी था। इसलिए कवि चाहता था कि उसकी प्रेमिका हर समय दुखी होकर और रो–रोकर अपना जीवन बर्बाद न करे। वह कवि के साथ–साथ उसकी प्रेमिका के लिए भी सर्वोत्तम होगा।

पाँचवें और अंतिम छंद में कवि अपनी प्रिय पत्नी के हृदय को दिव्य, स्वर्गीय और शुद्ध बता रहा था। कवि चाहता था कि उसकी पत्नी उसके बारे में और उनके अलग होने की स्थिति के बारे में कोई भी बुरा विचार न लाए क्योंकि कभी–कभी, भाग्य अपनी भूमिका निभा सकता है और उनके मन में सबसे भयावह विचार जिससे वे डरते थे, वह सच हो सकता है। इसलिए कवि ने सुझाव दिया कि उसकी पत्नी को यह सोचना चाहिए कि वे हर दिन और रात साथ हैं। यहां तक ​​कि जब वे एक साथ सो रहे थे तब भी उसे यह मानना ​​चाहिए कि वे एक–दूसरे की ओर पीठ करके सो रहे थे। उन्होंने उसे इस प्रोत्साहन के साथ छोड़ दिया कि दो लोग जिनका प्यार ही उनकी जीवनधारा है, वे कभी अलग नहीं हो सकते और वे आत्मा में हमेशा एक साथ रहते हैं। वे अपने प्यार से एक दूसरे को जीवित रख रहे थे। इस प्रकार, कवि ने अंततः कहा कि उनका प्रेम अमर है। चाहे कुछ भी हो जाए वह हमेशा अपनी प्यारी पत्नी के साथ रहेगा। अगर वह शारीरिक रूप से मौजूद नहीं होते तो उनकी आत्मा और यह प्यार उनकी पत्नी के दिल में हमेशा जीवित रहते।
 
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Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe Poem Explanation

 

Poem
Sweetest love, I do not goe,
For wearinesse of thee,
Nor in the hope the world can show
A fitter Love for mee;
But since that I
Must dye at last, ’tis best,
To use my selfe in jest
Thus by fain’ d deaths to dye.

Word Meaning:
Wearinesse- weariness (modern spelling) tiredness
Jest- something done to amuse, joke
Dye- die (Donne’s special way of writing ‘y’ for ‘i’ )

Explanation of the Poem – The Poet John Donne addressed his wife as ‘sweetest love’ which showed his intense emotion of love for his wife. He explained to his wife that he was not going away as he was tired of her or of the relationship with his wife. He explained that he was not going away because he doesn’t love his wife anymore. Nor was he leaving with any hope that he would get better or fitter love than her anywhere else in any part of the world. The author knew that death was inevitable or unavoidable and everyone would die one day. So the author explained that he must die one day and before that day would come he wanted to be fully prepared to face it. He wanted to do something fun and amusing before that happened. Poet wanted to separate  himself from his lover as he thought that it was the best way to face death. 

 

Poem
Yesternight the Sunne went hence,
And yet is here to day,
He hath no desire nor sense,
Nor halfe so short a way:
Then feare not mee,
But beleeve that I shall make
Speedier journeys, since I take
More wings and spurres then hee. 

Word Meaning:
Yesternight– last night
Spurres- spurs (ME) motive, appendage (example of pun)
Then- than

Explanation of the Poem – The poet explained to his wife that last night the sun went away and the darkness appeared. But it came back again the next morning with a new morning leaving the darkness and sadness behind. The sun neither had any desire nor sense. So the poet explained to his wife that if the sun could complete its long journey around the world and could come back, then so could the poet. The poet uses the sun as a metaphor to compare his journey and the movement of the sun. Poet wanted his wife to trust him and not to get afraid. The poet thought he would complete a shorter journey and could come back even faster than the sun because unlike the sun he had more desire and reason to come back. And the reason was his love for his sweetest wife. At last the poet said those who love each other and were in one another cannot be parted and because the poet cannot live without his wife, he would come back sooner for her.

 

Poem
O how feeble is mans power,
That if good fortune fall,
Cannot adde another houre,
Nor a lost houre recall!
But come bad chance,
And wee joyne to it our strength,
And wee teach it art and length,
It selfe o’r us to advance

Word Meaning:
Feeble– frail, weak
Fortune- chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.

Explanation of the Poem – The poet explained how weak human power was. When good fortune would come, one could not add more time to the good part of their life. He felt miserable that nobody could bring back the lost good times of their life. The poet said that when the bad times come , we should fight that phase with all our strength. It was human nature that when the bad times came we extended the length of the bad time by worrying about it all the time that we end up extending it even more. But if we taught bad times a good lesson then this bad fortune would not hamper us and our happiness for the rest of our lives. So the poet wanted to say that good and bad days were a part of life and one should welcome both phases because whatever happened, will happen and no one can stop that. So one should not waste that precious and valuable time by thinking about what will happen tomorrow and instead we should enjoy the present by winning the bad fortune with all the strength.

 

Poem
When thou sigh’st, thou sigh’st not winde,
But sigh’st my soul away,
When thou weep’st, unkindly kinde,
My lifes blood doth decay.
It cannot bee
That thou lov’st mee, as thou say’st,
If in thine my life thou waste,
Thou art the best of mee.

Word Meaning
Sigh’st- sighs, moan, groan

Explanation of the Poem – The poet expressed his own unhappiness at his lover’s sadness. He said when his lover breathed, she was not only breathing in air or oxygen but instead, she was also taking the poet’s soul away. He described how while she was weeping she was hurting him. The crying of his wife was both kind and unkind. The reason why he used the word kind was because her cry showed her love towards the poet and the pain of their separation. But at the same time watching her cry killed the poet bit by bit and that’s why this was unkind when she cried and her tears fell. The poet also said that his blood used to shed when he watched her cry  and he asked the lover that if you love me as you say then please do not cry as her weeping made the poet want to die. So the poet wanted his lover not to waste her life by getting sad and crying all the time. That would be the best for the poet as well as his lover.

 

Poem
Let not thy divining heart
Forethinke me any ill,
Destiny may take thy part,
And may thy feares fulfil;
But thinke that wee
Are but turn’d aside to sleepe;
They who one another keepe
Alive, ne’r parted bee.

Word Meaning:
Divining– perceiving, heavenly (example of pun)
Part- favour you, take your role
Parted- left

Explanation of the Poem – The poet was referring to his beloved wife’s heart as divine, heavenly and pure. He asked his wife to think positively about him and his departure through her divine heart. Poet also wanted his wife not to bring any bad thoughts about him and their parting situation because sometimes, destiny could play its part and the most fearful thought in their mind that they were afraid of, could come true. So the poet suggested that his wife should think that they were together every day and night. Even when they were sleeping together she should assume that they were just facing their backs towards each other. He left her with the encouragement that two people whose love was their very lifeblood could never be parted and they were always together in spirit.They were keeping one another alive through their love. Thus, the poet finally said that their love was immortal. No matter what happens he would always be with his beloved wife. If he was not physically present, then his soul and this love would always be alive inside his wife’s heart.

 

Poetic/Literary Devices

 

Following poetic/literary devices have been used in the poem Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe:

  1. Metaphor / conceit- Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. Donne uses a metaphor of his reason and desire to return to his beloved with the sun because the “sun went hence” and is shining again the next day with no “desire nor sense”. He compares himself to the Sun. A similarity is drawn between the beloved’s tears and the poet’s blood.
  2. Paradox- Paradox functions as a means of setting up a situation, idea, or concept that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible. The poet uses paradox in the statement where it seems contradictory but it logically makes sense. He highlights that the power of a man is “feeble” and has no potential to “add another hour” to the “good fortune” to make it everlasting but it also happens that the strength of man “teach it art and length” to the good moments and “come bad chance” in one’s lives.
  3. Imagery: The use of imagery makes the reader visualize the writer’s feelings and emotions. He depicts this through an image of the failing and fading of good fortune and one’s inability to “add another hour.” 
  4. Repetition: Repetition is a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech. Example in the poem is  When thou sigh’st, thou sigh’st not wind, But sigh’st my soul away; 
  5. Rhyme Scheme – abab cddc
  6. Pun – use of a word with double meaning. ‘Spurres’ means motive and a part of something big. ‘Divining’ means heavenly and a perceiving heart
  7. Imagery – visual imagery of synset and sunrise
  8. Hyperbole – Fortune is given a lot of importance, when he says that his blood decays on seeing her cry

 
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