NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS BY ELIZABETH SEWELL

Will lie o' nights ---------- be comforted.

REFERENCE

(i) Poem: New Year Resolutions

(ii) Poetess: Elizabeth Sewell

CONTEXT

(i) Occurrence: Lines 7-9/9

(ii) Content: In this poem the poetess expresses her three revolutionary resolutions before the dawn of the new year. She resolves to remain most of the time silent, think about what she is and face the realities with contention. 

EXPLANATION

     In these lines the poetess has personified Reality. She has given it the qualities of a husband. She has decided to spend her nights in the bony arms of Mr. Reality. In the beginning it was a very bitter and unpleasant practice because bony arms can give no joy or satisfaction to his wife. But the poetess is not an escapist. With the passage of time, she has become habitual to it. Now she has understood and comprehended the fact that "truth is beauty". Thus she is comforted in the bony arms because these give her self-satisfaction, blessed relief and spiritual exultation.

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