(a) Where is the river flowing to? (b) What does the poet mean by ‘ mortal Prime’?

Question

Read the following lines and answer the River Poem questions given below.

Tending onward to the ocean, 

Just like mortal prime.

(a) Where is the river flowing to?

(b) What does the poet mean by ‘ mortal Prime’?

Answer 1

(a) The river is flowing to the ocean.

(b) By the term ‘Mortal prime’ , the poet means the man is in the best age of his life.