Question

And thus, O Fate, is I think the most vicious circle that thou ever sentest 

a) Who speaks these words? 

b) What is referred to as ‘vicious circle’ in the stanza? 

c) Why does the poet use archaic words like thou’ and ‘sentest’ in these lines?

Answer 1

a) Ogden Nash 

b) Vicious circle means a situation in which the solution to one problem creates a chain of problems, each making it more difficult to solve. Here the narrator visited the doctor to solve the problem with his teeth and the doctor suggested that he should visit after three months. So his attempt for one solution created a chain of problems. 

c) This poem is a humorous one. By using the archaic words he wants to bring some mock solemnity into the poem as if the clinic is like a church or something of that kind.