Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:
‘How lovely are the phantoms dim
Which bless that better sight,
That man enjoys when proud he stands
In his own spirit's light;’
(i) What are 'Phantoms din'?
(ii) How do they help us?
(iii) How do they make a man 'proud'?
(i) ‘Phantoms’ are ‘spirits’ and ‘din’ means ‘dim’. Poet depicts these phantoms din as those hidden faded spirits exist in universe. Spirits are described as faded as they can’t be seen in the regular world. The beauty of these spirits is only visible during moonlight.
(ii) These vague spirits seem to communicate with us. They tend to transfer their energy of hopes and happiness within us which we are not able to get from the real world. As being a part of today’s materialistic world, these spirits enables us to feel spirituality and the power of conscience by which we are able to seek bliss within inside and spread the immense joy all over the universe.
(iii) ‘They’ means spirits here, they able man to enjoy and appreciate the unseen beauty of nature to attain a level of peace which these spirits seem to spread upon him. He has to forget his own world of temperament and begin to look out for peace by opening his inner vision, only then he will be able to experience joy and will be proud of him.
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