The winter wind is not so unkind as man’s ingratitude. Shakespeare says that most friendship is feigning and most loving is mere folly. It means that the winter wind blows with great force.

What play is Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind from?

Blow, blow, thou winter wind. This poem, from Act II Scene 7 of Shakespeare’s As You Like it, is a very popular setting for musical compositions.

What aspects of human nature does the singer of blow blow criticize?

What aspects of human nature does the singer of “Blow, Blow” criticize? He criticizes man’s ingratitude, rudeness, and unkindness.

Why does the poet call the winter wind?

Why does the poet call the winter wind not so unkind as man’s ingratitude? Answer: Because the poet has suffered a lot from ungrateful men.

Why does the poet imagine that the wind has tooth?

the poet imagines that the wind has tooth because it pinches us with its pinching cold and rude breath.

Which life is most jolly in the poem?

unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly.

What attitude does the poet have towards the winter wind?

Explanation: The poet in the very beginning addresses the winter wind and says that it can blow as much hard as it likes because it is not so harsh and rude like man’s nature of being ungrateful. The attack of the winter wind is not so sharp because it is not visible although it is bitingly cold.

What is the Green Holly?

Definition of holly green

1 : a dark yellowish green that is greener, stronger, and very slightly darker than average palm green, greener, lighter, and stronger than deep chrome green or average hunter green, and greener and deeper than golf green.

What make the poet say thy both is not so keen?

The biting winter wind does not hurt the poet as does the brother’s ingratitude which he looks upon the as fierce animal with keen teeth.

How and why is the winter wind unkind?

Why does the poet call the winter wind not so unkind as man’s ingratitude? Answer: Because the poet has suffered a lot from ungrateful men.