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Full Fathom Five Thy Father Lies
By William Shakespeare
About the Writer
a
famous English dramatist
also
wrote more than 150 sonnets as well as narrative poems
About the poem
(theme)
This poem is a song taken from โThe
Tempestโ, a beautiful drama by Shakespeare .
This song is about the meaningful death of Ferdinandโs
father y. He is the prince of Naples who mistakenly thinks that his father drowned into
the sea. The spirit Ariel who is the
speaker in the poem sings this song to Ferdinand.
This poem presents that death is meaningful
and inevitable . When a man dies, the parts of
the body do not decay ; instead
, they become something rich and
strange.
The speaker says that no parts of
his body disappear when he dies. His eyes, bones etc change into pearls,
coral and precious thing.
The nymphs who live in the sea ring the death bell (Ding-dong) every hour.
Ding-dong is
onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the thing it describes). There is the use
of alliteration (repetition of the same consonant sound) in the line 'Full Father Five Thy Father Lies '. It has musical effect in the poem.
Detailed Summary
The speaker of this poem/song is
the spirit, Ariel. He
sings this song to Ferdinand in order to console him .
Ferdinand is the prince of Naples
who, by mistake, thinks that his father died drowning into the sea.
The speaker (Ariel) says that the
body of Ferdinand's father is 30 ft below the surface of the sea
.
No parts of his body have disappeared (lost) and decayed
but they have been changed into something rich and strange by the sea .
His eyes have been changed into
pearls. His bones
have been changed into coral
Every hour
, the sea nymphs ring his funeral bell 'Ding-Dong' .
Important Questions
a. Is death meaningful in this poem?
b. Write
the central idea of the poem โFull Fathom Five Thy Father Liesโ. {HSEB-2067}
This
poem tells that death is meaningful and inevitable. When a man dies, the
parts of the body do not decay; instead, they become something rich and
strange. The speaker says that no parts of his body disappear when he dies. His
eyes, bones etc change into pearls, coral and precious thing.
c. What is the relation between life
and art? Describe briefly. {2072}
d. What is the significance of Ding-dong sound in the poem?
This
poem presents that death is meaningful and inevitable. When a man dies,
the parts of the body do not decay; instead, they become something rich and
strange. The speaker says that no parts of his body disappear when he dies. His
eyes, bones etc change into pearls, coral and precious thing. The nymphs
who live in the sea ring the death bell (Ding-dong) every hour. Ding-dong is
onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the thing it describes). It has musical
effect in the poem.
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