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Explain with reference to the context.Yet he was kind; or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. |
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Answer» The above lines are a remark about the village school master in the poem ‘The Village School Master’ written by Oliver Goldsmith. The school master was a severe man. The boys, particularly the mischievous ones, were afraid of him. But the poet adds, the master was really a kind man who had put on a stern countenance only because he wanted his students to learn well. Probably he thought that if he appeared to be kind and good, his students would take advantage of his kindness and not read at all. So he put on a stern countenance only to make his boys study well. The poet, therefore, says that if one said that the school master was severe, one should also say that the love he bore to learning was in fault. |
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