17. Which of these excerpts from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" compares love to intoxication?

A. "The thirst that from a soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ... "

B. "But thou thereon didst only breathe,/And sent'st it back to me ... "

C ... As giving it a hope, that there/It could not withered be."

D ... Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee

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3 October, 13:16

17. Which of these excerpts from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" compares love to intoxication?

A. "The thirst that from a soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ... "

B. "But thou thereon didst only breathe,/And sent'st it back to me ... "

C ... As giving it a hope, that there/It could not withered be."

D ... Since then it grows and smells, I swear,/Not of itself, but thee

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Brody · Answer 1

The excerpt from Ben Jonson's "Song: To Celia" that compares love to intoxication is "The thirst that from a soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine ... "

Explanation:

The poem "Song: To Celia" by Ben Jonson presents love as an addiction of the soul, he mentions in the first stanza that the Jove's nectar and it should state that if he can have the love of Celia he would always stay away from any other pleasure or addiction but her love, these lines talk about the necessity he has to be with his beloved one.