1. What four things would turn a wilderness into a paradise for the speaker of this poem?

2. Does the speaker think we should live for today or for tomorrow?

3. What do lines 13–16 suggest about life?

4. What is the common fate of all? What happens to people's hopes?

5. Why cannot the great hunter be awakened? Of what significance are his feats now?

6. What does the speaker want his beloved to do?

7. What does the speaker think we should do, given that we shall all die?