The Human Abstract Comments
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.
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does that mean that we have to make people poor in order to have pity
In a way. But I think it is more trying to say that we wouldn't need to have pity " if we did not make somebody poor" . At first I read it like it was someone's excuse for creating poverty but it now to me sounds more like pity is a short term solution to poverty and William Blake is trying to get us to realise that it should be stopped.
Can anyone explain why William spelled caterpillar incorrectly? I've checked several sites and noticed it is spelled wrong in all of them. Anyone know why? This is an amazing poem though.
oops! I thought it was a typo by poemhunter! Thanks for the info in a way of a question.
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7/28/2025 6:04:55 AM # 1.0.0
any body read the giver it goes perfectly with this
Im reading it in class right now