Friday, May 18, 2001

Sonnet To Liberty Comments

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NOT that I love thy children, whose dull eyes
See nothing save their own unlovely woe,
Whose minds know nothing, nothing care to know,--
But that the roar of thy Democracies,
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Oscar Wilde
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Michael Walker 08 August 2020

I feel the same way about children; like the difference between a primary school class and one of young adults. Children can be boring.The meaning of the sonnet is not so clear as it advances, however. He prizes Liberty above all else, yet he remains unmoved 'and yet, and yet, '. He is like the victims on the barricades only in some things. Intriguing.

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despacito 05 June 2018

A powerful poem... forcefully written

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Amar Agarwala 21 August 2016

A powerful poem... forcefully written.

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Edward Kofi Louis 21 August 2016

Unlovely woe! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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