Music when soft voices die

Questions Answers

Q1- What example does the poet give for the everlastingness of the beauty?

Ans. In this short poem “Music when soft voices die” the poet very philosophically explains that beauty does not die. He proves it by giving examples. He gives the example of music that as music always lives in our memories similarly the beauty also never dies. By quoting another example he proves that after been fading the flowers we do not forget their smell similarly after the death we remember the beauty of a person. All these examples show that beauty is everlasting and never dies.

Q.2: What, according to the poet, vibrates in the memory, when soft voices die? What the flowers leave behind even after their death?

Ans: The music and the impact of the music, the ecstasy induced by the music, live for long, long after its real source the music is over.

The flowers even after their death leave the fragrance and the impact of the fragrance, the beautiful sense of fragrance. The flower is mortal but the fragrance of the flower is immortal.

Q.3: What will exist even after the beloved’s departure?

Ans: The physical existence of the beloved is less important as the flower is. But the time spent with the friend and the impact of that company is of real value. Thus the memories of the beloved, after the departure of beloved are sufficient enough to enliven the time.

Q.4: What do you think is the message of the poem?

Ans: The poet believes In the spiritual existence of the objects. The physical importance of the objects is secondary. The flower may die but the fragrance of the flower and the impact induced by that fragrance is of real value. The beloved may depart, similarly, but the memories associated with the friends are forever and of real value.