Question

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields

In which of the sentences below is the word prove used as it is in the second line of the stanza?

a. The athlete rapidly completed one hundred push-ups to prove her strength.
b. The coffee taster will prove each batch to be sure that it is robust and full-flavored.
c. The attorney must prove beyond the shadow of doubt that the accused committed the crime.
d. The court will prove the will and testament as legal and binding.

Answer 1

b. The coffee taster will prove each batch to be sure that it is robust and full-flavored. This option is the correct one.

The word prove in the second line of the stanza is used to mean taste . Coffee can be tasted, and the poet wants his beloved to taste /prove the pleasures of nature: " ......valleys, groves , hills....yields."

Answer 2

The correct answer is (B). In this particular context, "prove" means "experience", "be in contact with"