I come among the peoples like a shadow.
I sit down by each man's side.
None sees me, but they look on one another,
And know that I am there.
My silence is like the silence of the tide
That buries the playground of children;
Like the deepening of frost in the slow night,
When birds are dead in the morning.
Armies trample, invade, destroy,
With guns roaring from earth and air.
I am more terrible than armies,
I am more feared than the cannon.
Kings and chancellors give commands;
I give no command to any;
But I am listened to more than kings
And more than passionate orators.
I unswear words, and undo deeds.
Naked things know me.
I am first and last to be felt of the living.
I am Hunger
Notes
This poem is written - with Hunger as the poet
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From guest Bill (contact)
What does the poet mean by I unswear words and undo deeds. naked thing know me -
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For Guest Bill
I take this to be a personification of hunger as a person and is a description of what hunger causes people to do. To unswear words is to break one's promise, to undo deeds is, I believe, similar in that it indicates hunger causing someone to do something which is at odds with their normal behaviour. Viewed in this way the phrase "naked things know me" becomes self-evident.
Jim
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hunger by laurence binyon
From guest Anisa (contact)
I enjoy reading poetry and while googling poems I came across this one but I did not understand what the idea of the poem is or rather the main idea of the poem is. Can somebody please explain it to me? THANK YOU -
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Hunger - by Laurence Binyon
From guest sharon (contact)
Hi there! Is there any more describtion about this poem! Like what is it about? Thank you -
PLEASE TRANSLATION
From guest Paula (contact)
PLEASE I AM FROM BRAZIL,AND I SPEAK IN ENGLISH SO SO.. I WOULD LIKE THE TRANSLATION THE POEM ???PLEASE CAN POST HERE OR SEND IN MY E-MAIL HOW KNOWS.... =) THANKS!! -
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To guest Paula,
Unfortunately not many of us on the team speak your language and an on demand translation service is not really practical. However If you try this http://babelfish.altavista.com/ you will get a sense of the meaning behind Binyon's words?
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he never leaves people side like a shadow
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