Question

1. RL 6 (Direct Meaning/Inferences): What does the speaker really mean in

Answer 1

Incomplete question. Lines 1-2 of Go And Catch A Falling Star

by John Donne read;

"Go and catch a falling star,

   Get with child a mandrake root,

Tell me...."

Question 2 options:

A) including, in the last stanza, imagery of nature and its power.

B) introducing, in the first stanza, the conflict of the protagonist.

C) expressing, in the last stanza, the dissonance felt by the protagonist.

D) introducing, in the first stanza, the imagery prevalent throughout the poem.

Answer:

1. The speaker is comparing falling stars to mandrake roots.

2. D) introducing, in the first stanza, the imagery prevalent throughout the poem.

Explanation:

1. The speaker knowing fully well about the myths attached to "mandrake root" isn't convinced it aids women in having children, and so he compares it to something impossible, which is catching a fallen star.

2. Based on the assumption that we are referring to the same poem, it could be observed in the first stanza that the imagery prevalent throughout the poem is introduced right from the first stanza by the comparison of two things (mandrakes and falling stars).