Comprehension Passage
Read the following passage and answer the questions-
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone' by W H Auden
What does the poet imply by the statement "For nothing now can ever come to any good" in the context of the poem?
1
A sense of universal pessimism and anarchy
2
A reflection on personal despair and the loss of meaning after the death of a loved one
3
Critique of societal values and norms
4
A realization of the cosmic insignificance of human affairs