Or how about making fun of the speaker's gray hair, or his ruined financial state? Sheesh—the speaker sure is giving the addressed a lot of options to poke fun of him here.Then the speaker switches strategies. Rather than giving the addressed options to make fun of, he suggests better uses for the addressed's time, like making himself wealthy or enriching his mind with art. (Line 4 is a bit tricky, but "improve" is meant to be the verb for both of those phrases. In other words, the speaker is saying, "Improve your state with wealth, or improve your mind with arts.")If those pursuits don't sound good, how about taking a class or getting a job or some elevated social position ("place")?The addressed could also check out ("Observe") a judge ("his Honour") or a member of royalty ("his Grace"). He (or she) could even contemplate the king himself—in real life or in the likeness of a stamp or coin.Our speaker wishes that the addressed would just do anything that would allow him to love. Get off his back already.Before we head on to stanza 2, we'll just point out—in case you didn't notice—that the speaker is getting his exasperation across with a hefty does of end rhyme and a regular meter. For more on how this poem is put together, check out "Form and Meter.
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