LEISURE
Reference:
These lines have been taken from the poem
“Leisure” written by William Davies.
Context:This poem is a protest against the unnecessary
commitment of man with worldly affairs. We arealways in a hurry and have no leisure time to lookat the beauty spread all around us. Man’smiserable life brings him nothing but sadness andworries.
Explanation:
(Lines 1 – 4)
In these lines the poet bewails our rushed life. The poetsays that we cannot call this life a pure life, if it is full ofworries and anxiety. We have no time to stand at a certainplace and look carefully at nature. Even we cannot spare afew moments to stand under the branches of green trees andenjoy the beautiful and restful shades of the trees. Thecommon animals like sheep and cows are better than us inenjoying life. We cannot look at the common animals likesheep and cows grazing in the pastures. We have committedourselves with worldly affairs unnecessarily and cannot enjoynature and the natural beauty spread all aro
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