Twelfth Night
What inference can be drawn from these lines of Feste’s song in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night?
CLOWN: What is love? 'tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What's to come is still unsure.
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty;
Youth's a stuff will not endure.
- These lines emphasize the importance of happiness and laughter
- These lines bring out Feste’s disillusionment with the idea of romantic love.
- These lines talk about life’s unpredictability and urge people to enjoy their youth.
- These lines define the idea of platonic love.