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.
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These lines talk about life’s unpredictability and urge people to enjoy their youth.