Question

"When I have Fears The Cease to be"

The last two lines of the poem indicate a shift in the speaker's sentiments. Which of the statements below correctly summarizes this shift?
A. He stands “on the shores of the wide world” and realizes that his ambitions for fame and love can now vanish.
B. He stands alone to “think” all by himself, because nobody understands how he actually feels.
C. He stands firmly on how death is just the beginning of another life, where “Love and Fame” can be achieved.
D. He stands in “nothingness” and sinks further into oblivion until he feels empty and has died figuratively.

Answer 1

He stands “on the shores of the wide world” and realizes that his ambitions for fame and love can now vanish.

Answer 2

I would say the statement at A) He stands “on the shores of the wide world” and realizes that his ambitions for fame and love can now vanish. I think that while he realizes his mortality, and how he may not live to fulfil his dreams, they are still valid dreams and he will have to abandon himself to fate and have faith that his life will be fulfilled.