Question
Read the lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.
Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.
Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.
Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.
Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
The use of apostrophe in the poem
creates a detached effect, since the reader is not addressed directly.
causes the reader to feel alienated if he or she does not have any brothers.
helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.
allows the reader to visualize all of the poet’s family and friends.
Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.
Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.
Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.
Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
The use of apostrophe in the poem
creates a detached effect, since the reader is not addressed directly.
causes the reader to feel alienated if he or she does not have any brothers.
helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.
allows the reader to visualize all of the poet’s family and friends.
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The use of apostrophe in the poem helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community. Apostrophe, in this context, enhances the communal spirit and collective identity being expressed in the poem, as the speaker calls upon his "brothers" to join in a shared experience. It creates a sense of camaraderie and unity, suggesting that the speaker's thoughts and emotions are not solitary but rather tied to a larger collective.