Friday, January 3, 2003

All Lovely Things Comments

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All lovely things will have an ending,
All lovely things will fade and die,
And youth, that's now so bravely spending,
Will beg a penny by and by.
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Conrad Potter Aiken
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Chinedu Dike 25 September 2022

Focused and factual. An insightful rendition written with conviction.

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Jayne Louise Davies 25 September 2022

I love this poem x Saved to my favourites. Top marks x

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Christine Lapping 01 January 2013

So glad I have found this poem again. The line 'and goldenrod is dust when dead' has remained in my memory from when I first read this poem about 45 years ago. It is the written equivalent of Dutch Vanitas painting from the 16th/17th where the subject is a meditation on death and mortality.

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Doug Mcpherson 13 May 2006

Aiken seems to prove great points with this poem. His use of contrasting images causes the reader to believe his point that all great essential things have an end. His belief that when essential things are passed their prime, they will continue to wither past their climax is very evident towards the end of this poem. Overall, what he seems to say is true, but also can be taken many ways as one can see death after living and another life after living.

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Conrad Potter Aiken

Conrad Potter Aiken

Savannah, Georgia
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