"It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin."
"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins."
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"quoth the man who had no fear of spirits" means he KNEW what he was saying, and that he was not at all uneasy, speaking with the angel... an all-round cool-headed conversation, somewhat like taking a lie-detector test and not flinchinc whatsoever kinda deal.. now he says that it is wrong for angels, being spirits of humans, to do ONLY good... he says this, because the author clearly believes in the co-existence of good and evil within all humans, and that if we only do good as angels, then it is morally wrong and inhuman... we all need destruction AND good in each of us to be considerred, in minimum, a fragment of a human / spirit -
Proves he is a genius every time, would love to have seen wherehis writing would have gone had he lived longer...GENIUS!
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very nice
Crane is more Concerned with the angels and cost them high for they are angels. As I have taken it , it is simple philosophy of nature but complex approach -
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again....a great poem. crane is not only witty, he is ironic -- irony is the highest form of wit.
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ok.... *smiles*...i think we get it....and nice good funny poem -
Ha!
Ha, got ya! That's how this poem made me feel. I am glad I had the opportunity to read the works of Stephen Maria Crane. Have never read them before, that was great. I will go and find someone else now, and read a little more before I write!
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