Explanations:
She sighs for ever on her pensive bed,Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.
Answer: These memorable and noteworthy lines have been extracted from the fourth canto of the famous mock-epic “The Rape of the Lock” written by Alexander Pope. Here the poet has described the cave of spleen and thus introducing a supernatural machinery Pope wants to give an air of epic to this heroi-comical poem.
When Belinda's lock of hair has been cut off by reckless and insolent Lord Petre, Belinda becomes very muck gloomy. She begins to lament over the loss of her "lock. Then gnome a Rosicrucian spirit makes a journey to the cave of spleen for some sorrow for Belinda. He at least reaches the cave of the spleen. In the cave, the goddess of spleen lies on a cot. The sighs forever and it bears her characteristic. Another spirit Pain stands by her side and Meg's rim, the spirit of headache stands at her head.
Actually, through the introduction of the supernatural spirit, Pope wants to give this poem an air of epic. Actually, Pope saves this poem from being a sheer satire on Belinda by introducing this supernatural machinery. Undoubtedly this device is praiseworthy.
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