Andrew Marvell

Birth and Early Life

Andrew Marvell was born on March 31, 1621, in Winestead, Yorkshire, England.

He was the son of a Church of England clergyman.

His family moved to Hull when his father was appointed Lecturer at Holy Trinity Church.

Marvell was educated at Hull Grammar School.

Education

At the age of 13, Marvell attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and eventually received a BA degree.

Career

Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist, and politician.

He is known for his eloquent and metaphysical poetry.

His poems range from the love-song “To His Coy Mistress”, to evocations of an aristocratic country house and garden in “Upon Appleton House” and “The Garden”, the political address “An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland”, and the later personal and political satires “Flecknoe” and “The Character of Holland”.

Marvell served as a tutor to the daughter of the Lord General Thomas Fairfax.

He was a colleague and friend of John Milton.

He served as an assistant to John Milton as Latin secretary in the foreign office.

From 1659 until his death, he held a seat in Parliament.

Death

Andrew Marvell died on August 16, 1678, in London, England.

Legacy

Marvell’s political reputation overshadowed that of his poetry until the 20th century.

He is now considered to be one of the best Metaphysical poets.

His small body of lyric poems has since appealed to many readers, and in the 20th century he came to be considered one of the most notable poets of his century.

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Word Meaning

Stanza	Line	Tough Word	Meaning in English	Meaning in Hindi
1	1	vainly	For nothing	व्यर्थ
	1	amaze	impress excessively	अत्यधिक प्रभावित करना
	2	palm, oak, bays	symbols of victory or achievement	(ताड़, ओक, खाड़ियाँ) विजय या उपलब्धि के प्रतीक
	3	incessant	never-ending	कभी न खत्म होने वाला
	4	crown’d	rewarded	पुरस्कृत किया
	5	verged shade	limited area of shade	सीमित क्षेत्र में छाया
	6	prudently	wisely	बुद्धिमानी से
	6	toils	exertion	कठिन परिश्रम
	6	upbraid	criticize	आलोचना करना
	8	weave	knit	बुनना
	8	repose	rest	विश्राम
2	1	Fair Quiet	peacefulness	शांति
	1	thee	you	तुमको
	2	Innocence	purity, lack of guilt	निर्दोषता, अपराध भाव की कमी
	2	thy	yours	तेरा
	3	Mistaken	misunderstood	गलत समझा
	3	sought	search	खोजना
	4	busy companies	groups of people	व्यस्त लोगों का समूह
	5	sacred plants	plants associated with spirituality	पवित्र पौधे
	5	below	on Earth	पृथ्वी पर
	7	rude	harsh, unpleasant	कठोर, अप्रिय
	8	solitude	being alone	अकेलापन
3	1	white nor red	no colors	कोई रंग नहीं
	2	am’rous	loving	प्रेमपूर्ण
	3	fond	Dear/beloved	प्रिय
	3	cruel	harsh, unkind	क्रूर, निर्दयी
	3	flame	strong emotion	तीव्र भावना
	4	mistress	lover	प्रेमिका
	5	heed	pay attention	ध्यान देना
	6	beauties	attractiveness	आकर्षण
	6	exceed	be better than	बेहतर होना
	7	barks	peel	छाल
4	1	passion’s heat	intensity of love	प्यार की तीव्रता
	2	hither	here	इधर
	2	retreat	place to go for safety or peace	सुरक्षा या शांति के लिए जाने का स्थान
	3	chase	pursue	पीछा करना
	4	race	journey	यात्रा
	5	Apollo	Greek god of music, light, and poetry	संगीत, प्रकाश और कविता के ग्रीक देवता
	5	Daphne	nymph pursued by Apollo who turned into a laurel tree	अपोलो द्वारा पीछा किया गया अप्सरा जो लॉरल के पेड़ में बदल गई
	6	laurel	tree	लॉरेल
	7	Pan	Greek god of shepherds and the wild	चरवाहों और जंगल के ग्रीक देवता
	7	Syrinx	nymph pursued by Pan who turned into reeds	पान द्वारा पीछा किया गया अप्सरा जो नरकट में बदल गई
	8	nymph	apsara	अप्सरा
	8	reed	Cane/ sugar cane	ईख
5	1	wond’rous	amazing	अद्भुत
	2	ripe	ready to eat	पका हुआ
	3	luscious	delicious	स्वादिष्ट
	3	vine	Grape vine	अंगूर की बेल
	4	crush	press to release juice	दबाकर रस निकालना
	4	wine	alcohol	शराब
	5	nectarine	smooth-skinned type of peach	चिकनी त्वचा वाला आड़ू
	5	curious	interesting	दिलचस्प
	5	peach	A fruit	आड़ू
	7	stumbling	falling clumsily	अनाड़ीपन से गिरना
	8	ensnar’d	trapped	फँसा हुआ
6	1	pleasure less	less interested in physical pleasures	शारीरिक सुख में कम रुचि
	2	withdraws	retreats	पीछे हटता है
	3	mind, ocean	vastness of the mind	मन, विशालता
	4	resemblance	similarity	समानता
	5	transcending	Go up	ऊंचा उठना
	6	far other	very different	बहुत अलग
	7	annihilating	destroying	नष्ट करना
	8	green thought	peaceful thought	शांत विचार
7	1	fountain’s sliding foot	base of the flowing fountain	बहते फव्वारे का आधार
	2	mossy root	root covered in moss	काई से ढकी जड़
	3	casting aside	taking off	उतार देना
	4	boughs	branches	टहनियों
	4	glide	move smoothly	आसानी से चलना
	6	whets	sharpens	तेज करना
	6	silver wings	beautiful wings	सुंदर पंख
	7	prepar’d	ready	तैयार
	8	plumes	feather	पंखों
	8	various light	changing light	बदलती रोशनी
8	1	happy garden-state	state of perfect happiness in the Garden of Eden	ईडन गार्डन में पूर्ण खुशी की स्थिति
	2	walk’d	lived	जिया
	3	pure and sweet	perfect and beautiful	आदर्श और सुंदर
	5	mortal’s share	something a human can experience	इंसान के अनुभव की चीज
	6	wander	walk around	घूमना
	6	solitary	lonely	अकेला
	7	two paradises	two perfect places	दो स्वर्ग
	8	live	exist	अस्तित्व में रहना
9	1	skillful gard’ner	talented gardener	कुशल माली
	1	drew	portray	चित्र बनाना
	2	dial	clock face	घड़ी का मुख
	3	milder sun	gentle sunlight	कोमल धूप
	4	fragrant zodiac	circle of fragrant flowers	सुगंधित राशि चक्र
	5	industrious bee	hardworking bee	मेहनती मधुमक्खी
	6	computes	measures	मापता है
	7	wholesome hours	pleasant and beneficial times	सुखद और लाभकारी समय
	8	reckon’d	counted	गिना हुआ

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