Question

In the poem, Tithonus, what does Tennyson illustrate through the image of ‘the woods decay and fall....Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath,’?

Options

• Nature’s bias against humans

• The natural cycle of life and death

• The concept of immortality

• Humans’ command over nature

Answer 1

The natural cycle of life and death

Explanation:

In Tithonus, Tennyson uses the image of decaying woods and humans who till the land and eventually die to illustrate the inevitable cycle of growth, decay, life, and death that governs both nature and human existence.