Friday, January 3, 2003

Advice To A Girl Comments

Rating: 4.0

No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
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Sara Teasdale
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Zeh SheZ 28 September 2024

No truer truth!

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Unnikrishnan E S 03 November 2021

A lovely profound write. I have attempted a translation of this poem in my mother tongue, Malayalam. Those who follow Malayalam, may please read it.

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Chinedu Dike 23 May 2021

An insightful work of art nicely crafted in beautiful diction with conviction.

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Mia Baer 06 February 2021

Good imagery

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Gajanan Mishra 06 February 2021

No one worth possessing, good one

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Aylin Montoya 06 February 2021

This is such a lovely poem. I definitely felt this.

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Ellen Ni Bheachain 05 February 2021

Lovely Poem Sara. Congratulations on Poem of the Day!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 05 February 2021

Good advice to a girl, brilliantly worded, so true. Lovely metaphors. Congratulations being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day! Most deserving!

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Luis Estable 05 February 2021

The word possessed is a bit ambiguous here due to the so many meanings it suggests, and the truth of the statement can be debated. There is no spaces to enter a detailed explanation. This site does not allow it.

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Wesley D. Willis 20 July 2020

Sara is one of the greatest poetesses out there. Love her works..

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SUKA BLYAT 28 October 2020

HAHAAAHHAHAH

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Adeeb Alfateh 02 March 2020

such a beautiful lovely advice to a girl......great 10++

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Sarah Shahzad 10 January 2020

It is an amazingly awesome poem. I will read it again..

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Chiori Mathew 13 November 2019

beautiful poem and well penned

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Chinedu Dike 10 October 2019

A poignant rendition set aside for sober reflection...........................................................................

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Paul Amrod 28 June 2019

A difficult bit of advice. Nonetheless there lies much truth in her conceptions.

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 May 2019

girl is beautiful the truth o girl Hold it like a crystal

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Shivam 13 April 2019

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Annie243 14 February 2019

So sad that she killed herself though. Just after getting Chronic pneumonia.

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Nicole Settimi 13 February 2019

' When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: This is a short, eloquent, striking piece. The lines above are exceptional. Xx NDS

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Annie243 14 February 2019

They are Ah-Maz-Ing

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Heather 03 February 2019

Someone please wrutw. A poem with heathers name it to a best friend

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