Justify the title of the poem Meeting at Night .

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Q.Justify the title of the poem 'Meeting at Night'.

Answer :Meeting at Night is an excellent dramatic lyric .The title of the poem clearly suggests its theme . It is a short and relatively simple love poem.  (Lover is keen on meeting his beloved .)A lover has possessed  a strong desire to meet his beloved at night .So the lover is out in a cold moonlit night in a ship .He is to meet  his beloved .The boat reaches the bay .The lover reaches the cottage of his beloved .To announce his presence he gives a tap on  the window pane. He scratches on it. A little light of a lighted match dispels all darkness .Then comes a sound. It is but the soft response from inside .The beating hearts meet each other .At last come the meeting with grandeur and success .The suppressed excitement bursts into passion .The secret meeting of two hearts is deftly suggested by the title .The title emphasizes this sense of secrecy .Hence it is appropriate . So it is a right choice.