Question

Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.

My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.
Only let me make my life simple and straight,
like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

What is the effect of the author addressing the poem to a master poet?

It allows the reader to visualize what the poet looks like.
It makes the imagined addressee feel more present to the reader.
It allows the reader to imagine what the music might sound like.
It makes the figurative language of the poem stand out more.

Answer 1

"It makes the imagined addressee feel more present to the reader."

Addressing the poem directly to "O master poet" (an apostrophe) creates immediacy and intimacy—the addressee feels alive and present, as shown by lines like "I have sat down at thy feet."