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प्रश्न

Explain the phrase.

his bending sickle's compass

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उत्तर

Compass is considered as a symbol of eternity. However, in the poem, it represents the change that a relationship goes through as it grows, old, and less intense. How a man's love for his young beloved grows less as he gave value to beauty over spiritual love. Though the love never dies, the physical beauty of a lover may fade and withers as it falls to time's compass' sickle.

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पाठ 2.02: Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds - Understanding the Poem [पृष्ठ ११०]

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पाठ 2.02 Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
Understanding the Poem | Q 5.1 | पृष्ठ ११०

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