Question

Ah! Sunflower

by William Blake
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire,
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
O
A.
a person who is fatigued by daily responsibilities
O
B.
a person yearning for spiritual or mental enlightenment
O
C.
a person who finds beauty in the natural world
OD.
O E.
a person no longer young and thinking about life
a person contemplating the meaning of a small flower

Answer 1

Sunflower depicts Option B: a person yearning for spiritual or mental enlightenment

Step-by-step explanation:

'Ah! Sunflower' by 'William Blake' is a beautiful poem which describes a person who is longing for mental and spiritual enlightenment.

In this poem, William says how the sunflower watches the sun travelling across the sky. He shows how the time passes by and a person who has aged looks back at his life. He thinks about his youth and his desires then. He is the one longing for spiritual and mental enlightenment in his life.

Author is not telling about a person who is fatigues by daily responsibilities, as per Option A, nor he is trying to tell about a person who finds beauty in natural world, as Option C.

Option D and E are also incorrect. Thus, the most appropriate statement for depicting sunflower is Option B.