The title character was "born in days when wits were fresh and clear" in a time before the "strange disease of modern life" in this poem in which the speaker awaits "the spark from Heaven" as described in "[Joseph] Glanvil's book.
Alan Grob's A Longing Like Despair claims that this poem illustrates the pessimism of its author since its second-half describes "bursting figs" and "tunnies steep'd in brine" but no people. The speaker of this poem describes a society "whose vague resolves never have been fulfill'd" and who "hesitate and falter life away." This poem's speaker claims that "repeated shocks, again, again, / exhaust the energy of the strongest souls" but the title figure is "free from the sick fatigue, the languid doubt". The title character was "born in days when wits were fresh and clear" in a time before the "strange disease of modern life" in this poem in which the speaker awaits "the spark from Heaven" as described in "[Joseph] Glanvil's book." At its beginning, the speaker tells a shepherd that "they call him from the hill." For 10 points, name this poem about a former Oxford student, written by Matthew Arnold.
Alan Grob's A Longing Like Despair claims that this poem illustrates the pessimism of its author since its second-half describes "bursting figs" and "tunnies steep'd in brine" but no people.
“The Scholar-Gipsy”