Which of these is the main idea of the poem? A. Take pride in being a human being.
B. Music makes people happy.
C. Life is short; laugh and be merry.
D. Fighting doesn't resolve problems.


Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,
Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.


Laugh and Be Merry/John Masefield/Public Domain

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Answer 1
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“Laugh and Be Merry” by John Masefield explains the main idea that C. Life is short; laugh and be merry.

The poem insists that the song of merry and laughter makes the world a better place. Such happiness helps in eradicating the sadness and negativity of the world. Further, it insists that the world becomes a better place when justice is served to those who did wrong, “Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.”
Linking it with the first line that happiness and laughter help in seeking justice.

The life is short like “a thread the length of a span”, hence, asking to laugh in the short span of life and make it meaningful. In the end, the poem insists to not to laugh just for oneself but for the humanity and history.



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