Those anguished voices in the air!
Oh, I could shriek and tear my hair
In rage, rebellion and despair.
But what is one, amid a throng
So vast and merciless and strong,
To make attempt to right the wrong?
What ear would hear me if I cried?
And who would rally to my side?
What could I do to stem the tide?
Though I should plunge in flood and flame,
And suffer every shame and blame,
The world would triumph all the same.
I am not called upon to pay.
So why join in the hopeless fray,
And waste my brief and precious day?
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Hmmmmm... Almost sounds as if she lived in the wrong century. I guess this serves as a reminder to me that things have always been difficult, that just as it is today, back then people were misguided and suppressed and treated cruelly... I find this poem is relevant and valid even in today's day and age.
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I liked the three lined stanzas, I was able to read and follow very well. She wasted not a day, for she wrote a poem, still here today!
I did enjoy the read.
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Ada has penned a sordid view of mankind here and is asking why she should these people (who I believe she means to be non-religious) and waste her day with people who friviously have nothing to say: gossip. Another impression is get from the poem is the converted and non-converted and where they stand in the narrative's eyes..non-converted would be wasteful to whittle the day away with, when there are many other things that can be done.
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i love it
i like the subject of this poem, and how it flowed. it seems like this poet wrote something that can still even be related in modern times. it says to me that people should b different but not shout out what they believe necessarily. also, it seems to day that everyone trys to act the same, which seems to be changing a bit now-a-days.
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I though this piece was okay but I don't like the beat of the three line stanzas. It just seems there are syllables missing whenever you have three line stanza. Besides that I liked the message this poem had and was worded nicely too.
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Within the first two stanzas I felt that I could understand and relate to this poem which I think it was makes it good. In the world today a lot of people are not being who they are to 'join in the hopeless fray' which is just sad. This poem to me also says that you are never really in with the people, and they never really listen.
-Amber
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