“To unlearn all these muting things Most of all, I want to relearn” (a) What does the poet want to relearn?

Question

Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer the following.

“To unlearn all these muting things

Most of all, I want to relearn”

(a) What does the poet want to relearn? 

(b) Explain ‘muting things’.

Answer 1

(a) The poet has forgotten to laugh naturally. He wants to relearn to laugh because his laugh in front of the mirror shows his teeth like a snake’s bare fangs. 

(b) Muting things are; superficial and unnatural behaviours like portrait smiles and heartless handshake.