"Ode on Solitude"
- Alexander Pope.
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
Blest, who can unconcern`dly find
Hours, days, and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix`d, sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
★. Critical Appreciation:
(।). " Mazen Ahmad Dhafer A" (March 20, 2010) :
" Pope wrote this poem before he was twelve
years old .In first stanza he talked about free
man who is not care about city. About a man
who owns his own small farm and breath air (he
calls it happiest man).
In second stanza he described the farmer’s life. He has his own milk from his own cows, he makes his own bread
from the grain he grows in his own fields, he
makes his own clothes from his own sheep’s
wool, and his trees shade him from the sun in
summer and supply wood for heating his home
in winter.
Also in third stanza the farmer has
“health of body” and “peace of mind. In the
forth stanza he said how the farmer sleep
without noisy. He passes his days harmlessly
and enjoys his hours of quiet meditation. The
young Pope paints a scene that many would
find ideal.
In the fifth stanza He wants to be
like the farmer at least in his status as a
commoner who lived silently and did not intrude
on others. And when the speaker dies, he wants
no fanfare. He just wants to flit off from the
world and not even have his name engraved on
a tombstone."
(ii). "Mohammed Ali Alqarni".
March 20, 2010 :
" I think its all about what make a man really
happy and how is this related to the idea of
“solitude”.
In the first 4 lines there is obviously a a
beautiful picture of a happy man. Here the
speaker shows how a man would be happy if his
” wish and care ” was figuratively.
“a few paternal acres bound”, indicate all of his
dreams and wishes in a “paternal” way.
In short, a man could be happy if he keep
connecting to the nature and never be away
from it where his own live and airs are surround
him.
The seconed verse emphasizes the idea of own
a land with everything to sustain you such as
milk, bread, clothes from flocks etc.
clearly, he hints that a man could has a really
good live of his own work without any need
from society.
Third verse, again emphasizes the significance
of “solitude” live to be happy.
he said that the happy man who live of his own
is blessed because he dosen’t care about
worldly things , he has a healthy body and piece
of mind.
Fourth verse talks about that this happy man
could sleep very well at night in his farm and
study with ease as ” sweet recreation”.
Finally , The speaker comments that he hopes
to be “unknown” in his life of solitude, and he
even goes so far as to say that he wants to be
“unlamented” as his death."
(iii). " saleh alqurashi."
March 21, 2010:
" I think Pope is talking about living a satisfying
and fulfilling life free from ego. To enjoy the
wonder and simplicity of what life offers,
without judging others or being judged, without
identifying with things and worrying about what
others think of us. Content to breathe and live.
Attribute wealth to good health and peace of
mind, rather than money and fame. What we do
create we do with an innocent nature that
pleases us because it is done with a presence
of mind that in clear and focused attention,
rather than hoping for gain or acknowledgement.
I think he is talking about free and actualized
life. I don’t think such an experience is
something that Pope’s infamous life made possible."
(iv). " Saif al-Mansouri"
March 21, 2010:
"Alexander Pope’s poem sets a very peaceful
mood. his relax languge makes the clam,
routine lifestyle of a farmer seem more
appealing than usual. He focuses on the idea of
using only one’s own means to survive while
living completely alone but he does not make it
seem boring or melancholy.
The various techniques that he uses, such as uniform
stanzas, a predictable rhyme scheme, and
simple language makes it seem as if the
speaker is not some poet that is trying to take
on a foreign voice, describes the farmer in the
same language that he would most likely use.
In the first stanza describes how the man in the
poem is only concerned with what happens
within his inherited land. It doesn’t mention
anything about the man wishing to break free of
this lifestyle, but states that he is “content to
breathe… In his own ground.
In the second stanza, Pope once again uses
uniform language to emphasize the regularity of
this farmer’s life. He lists where the farmer gets
his resources to live in simple language with
very little hidden implications. The mention of
how the trees are useful both in winter and in
summer reassures the reader that this farmer,
though alone, is provided for by nature.
The third stanza seems to express Pope’s wish
to experience this kind of solitude because he
refers to this man as “Blest”. Pope’s eventful
lifestyle, constantly ridden with conflict, seems
to be a complete opposite of this simple man.
In the city, it is nearly impossible to find this
kind of peace, and then to enjoy it without being
reminded of what lays outside of that safe
zone. He also mentions that this man is “in
health of body,” something that Pope will never
be able to achieve because he was burdened
with health problems since early childhood."
(V). "yousef alsadi"
March 21, 2010:
" Alexander Pope wrote his “Ode on Solitude”
before he was twelve years old. The poem
consists of five numbered quatrains. Each
quatrain has the rime scheme, ABAB.
Stanza 1: “How happy he, who free from care”
The speaker exclaims that the man who is free
from “courts” and “towns” and owns his own
small farm where he can “breath[ ] his native
air” is the happiest man. The reader will find
the serenity of the situation described here to
be quite hypnotic. The idealism is sweet and
unaffected.
Stanza 2: “Whose herds with milk, whose fields
with bread” The speaker continues to describe the farmer’s
life: he has his own milk from his own cows, he
makes his own bread from the grain he grows in
his own fields, he makes his own clothes from
his own sheep’s wool, and his trees shade him
from the sun in summer and supply wood for
heating his home in winter.
The self-contained farm with a self-reliant
farmer is a romantic notion that emerged with
the rise of cities. The simple country folk
became a symbol of nature that was particularly
played up in the next century by the Romantic
Movement.
Stanza 3: “Blest! who can unconcern’dly find”
The speaker portrays this rural farmer as a
satisfied individual for whom time passes
swiftly, because the farmer has “health of body”
and “peace of mind.” The quietness of his rustic
setting is thought to be soothing to the farmer’s
nerves, as he toils away in his pastoral
paradise.
Stanza 4: “Sound sleep by night; study and
ease” The farmer sleeps “sound[ly] by night.” He is
free to study leisurely and enjoy “sweet
recreation.” He passes his days harmlessly and
enjoys his hours of quiet meditation. The young
Pope paints a scene that many would find ideal.
Stanza 5: “Thus let me live, unheard, unknown”
In the final stanza, the speaker asks that he be
allowed to live “unheard, unknown.” He wants to
be like the farmer at least in his status as a
commoner who lived silently and did not intrude
on others. And when the speaker dies, he wants
no fanfare. He just wants to flit off from the
world and not even have his name engraved on
a tombstone."
(VI). " Abdalssalam alqarni."
March 22, 2010:
" Theme :
‘ seeking for happiness ‘. The poet found the
happiness in his old life (in his past)
Reason :
1. Here the poet wrote this poem because he
(lost) left his old living (place) and moved to
other place which would not give him happiness
. and he was coercive (him forced by someone)
2. Or he became old and he lived in modern life
(society )and he remember that sweat old life
3. Or his past attacked by the modernism and it
change it from simple happy life to bad thing.
4.There is a pain . the poet was suffering from
hard new life and he want to live in peace
nobody see him or know him.
Result :
His old place obviously is a country (a village
out a city) that appears form his description of
his old place in the poem(natural area).That old
place (A few paternal acres bound)
Conclusion :
He want to be free and nobody forces him for
doing things that make him sad . He want to
live in specific style of life.
————————————————————–
STANZA 1
The poet begins to tell own opinion about the
happy man. The man refer to the poet himself.
Person who inherit(or lives in) a few lands that
is his fathers’ own . that place is far away from
modernism’ breathe his native air ‘ .
STANZA 2
He tells the advantages that he found them in
the herds, flocks , the cultivated lands and the
trees.
STANZA 3
He says that things (unconcernedly find Hours,
days, and years, slide soft away \ In health of
body, peace of mind, \ Quiet by day.) bring
happiness to him.
STANZA 4
He likes the quietness at night ,study and
leisure are mixed , ‘ sweet recreation ‘, and ‘
innocence ‘ which helps him to contemplate.
STANZA 5
He pleads them to live either nobody sees him
or knows him. If that cannot happen, he asks
them ‘let me die.’
‘ Tell where I lie.’ Finally he says."
(Vii). " Abdullah Al-Hassani"
March 23, 2010 :
" -I think that it is a marvellous poem.He gives us
some hints or clues of the happy lif,for
instance:[not all the people who are content or
satisfied must have money] [getting his clothes
from primitive things] [his concern of this life is
to work hard and enjoy that] . -It is crucially
related to Wotton’s poem {Character of Happy
Life}because every one seek the happy life.Also
it is related to Gray’s poem in the topic of
death. -I agree with him in many points because
they reconcile with our religion and our
traditions.In addition,there are nothing important
in this life except good reputation."
(Viii). " Eisa Al-lyhyani"
April 1, 2010 :
" The poet plays on our senses. He makes us part
of his poem . We can see, slell, touch the
scene.The young speaker romanticizes the
existence of the farmer, as he creates a utopian
scenario that is beautiful but unrealistic.
Alexander Pope wrote his “Ode on Solitude”
before he was twelve years old. The poem
consists of five numbered quatrains. Each
quatrain has the rime scheme, ABAB.
Stanza 1: “How happy he, who free from care”
The speaker exclaims that the man who is free
from “courts” and “towns” and owns his own
small farm where he can “breath[ ] his native
air” is the happiest man. The reader will find
the serenity of the situation described here to
be quite hypnotic. The idealism is sweet and
unaffected.
Stanza 2: “Whose herds with milk, whose fields
with bread” The speaker continues to describe the farmer’s
life: he has his own milk from his own cows, he
makes his own bread from the grain he grows in
his own fields, he makes his own clothes from
his own sheep’s wool, and his trees shade him
from the sun in summer and supply wood for
heating his home in winter.
The self-contained farm with a self-reliant
farmer is a romantic notion that emerged with
the rise of cities. The simple country folk
became a symbol of nature that was particularly
played up in the next century by the Romantic
Movement.
Stanza 3: “Blest! who can unconcern’dly find”
The speaker portrays this rural farmer as a
satisfied individual for whom time passes
swiftly, because the farmer has “health of body”
and “peace of mind.” The quietness of his rustic
setting is thought to be soothing to the farmer’s
nerves, as he toils away in his pastoral
paradise."
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