Question

17. Which of these excerpts from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" compares love to intoxication?

Answer 1

Answer:

The excerpt from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" that compares love to intoxication is "The thirst that from a soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine..."

Explanation:

The poem "Song: To Celia" by Ben Jonson presents love as an addiction of the soul, he mentions in the first stanza that the Jove’s nectar and it should state that if he can have the love of Celia he would always stay away from any other pleasure or addiction but her love, these lines talk about the necessity he has to be with his beloved one.