He Had Such Quiet Eyes
Answer the following questions based on the poem, He Had Such Quiet Eyes.
1. What does the phrase ‘two pools of lies’ refer to?
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2. Which lines show that the man is saying “I love you, and if you love me, prove it!”
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3. Which stanza shows that there is a sense of regret?
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4. What do you understand by the phrase “the hows and whys”?
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5. What does the phrase ‘thinnest ice’ imply?
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6. In this poem, the poet talks about the betrayal of a young girl’s feelings for a man. She believes in his sincerity to her as he had pleaded to her to surrender to him. Write the two lines depicting this.
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7. What is the main theme in this poem?
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8. What did you learn from this poem? Explain.
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