From "A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch Joys in the inferior world, and thinks it like her own: In such a night let me abroad remain, Till morning breaks, and all's confused again; Our cares, our toils, our clamors are renewed, Or pleasures, seldom reached, again pursued. What does the poet wish for in these lines? a reason for the confusion that she feels a break from the hectic cares of daily life a cause that she can devote her efforts to a person with whom she can share her life

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From "A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch Joys in the inferior world, and thinks it like her own: In such a night let me abroad remain, Till morning breaks, and all's confused again; Our cares, our toils, our clamors are renewed, Or pleasures, seldom reached, again pursued. What does the poet wish for in these lines? a reason for the confusion that she feels a break from the hectic cares of daily life a cause that she can devote her efforts to a person with whom she can share her life

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Dawson Barr · Answer 1

a break from the hectic cares of daily life

The poem's title indicates the speaker is dreaming at night. Dreaming could mean wishing or hoping as well as actually dreaming during sleep. In the lines, the speaker asks to stay "abroad". The speaker says that in the morning everything is "confused again; our cares, our toils our clamors are renewed." The speaker is saying that all the problems of the day return in the morning, but at night he/she gets a bit of a break.

We do not know what confusions the speaker has during the day. There is also no mention of needing a cause or a person.