07-12-2014, 07:30 AM
(07-12-2014, 06:43 AM)Keith Wrote: When the moment comes,It seems as if the lines "I know you'll say no,/ you're just like me," operate oddly in this shorter poem. IMO, the speaker seems to assume a little too much about the addressee. I feel as if making that kind of decisive judgement takes away from the questioning nature of the poem. Also, is anybody "just like" anybody else? Don't we all posses our own slight nuances that make us all different, even if just a little?
will you pray?
I know you'll say no,
you're like me,
but if you truly knew that today was the day,
in a quiet moment would you pray?
what would we say?
"Where there are roses we plant doubt.
Most of the meaning we glean is our own,
and forever not knowing, we ponder."
-Fernando Pessoa
Most of the meaning we glean is our own,
and forever not knowing, we ponder."
-Fernando Pessoa