Several Questions Answered
Several Questions Answered - meaning Summary
Desire, Deceit, Fleeting Joy
Blake probes romantic desire and how people respond to it. Men and women seek the same "lineaments of Gratified Desire," while love's fiery look excites and soft deceit seduces. The poem contrasts possessive attachment with a liberating attitude toward pleasure: seizing joy destroys it, but welcoming fleeting delight without clinging lets one partake in an enduring, spiritual life. It urges acceptance of transience as the path to lasting meaning.
Read Complete AnalysesWhat is it men in women do require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. What is it women do in men require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. The look of love alarms Because 'tis fill'd with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall Win the lover's hire. Soft Deceit & Idleness, These are Beauty's sweetest dress. He who binds to himself a joy Dot the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in Eternity's sunrise.
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