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Shamim Ahmed posted an Question
July 06, 2020 • 18:43 pm 30 points
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Edmund spenser , in epithalmion, repeatedly ends stanzas with one line : the woods shall to me answer and my eccho ring , that all the woods may answer , and y

Edmund Spenser , in Epithalmion, repeatedly ends stanzas with one line : The woods Shall to me answer and my Eccho ring , That all the woods may answer , and your echo ring , that all the woods shall answer and theyr eccho ring. what do these lines imply respectively by appearing in the last line of each stanza ?

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    Deb dulal halder Halder Best Answer

    EPITHALAMION is a marriage song which celebrates his marriage with ELIZABETH BOYLE in 1594. The poem celebrates various rituals of the.marriage and the poet thinks that the happiness of th couple is echoed by nature (woods) as is nature is also approving of this relationship and participating in the celebration. The repetition is a rhetorical device which Spenser uses in the poem for the sake of emphasizing his happiness. RING has two meanings - Ring as a verb states the echo of the sounds of wedding bells and other happy noises where as RING as a noun suggests the marriage ring. thus the lines lend to multifarious interpretation.. the change from MAY to SHALL also is significant as it suggests that the poet is gradually getting convinced that by his fruition of love he is able to bring more happiness to nature.

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    READ Faire Queene too. A broad knowledge of the same will do

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