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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan 
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. Tulips—No interest In bayonets Antique mall . |
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Brian James Member
since 2005-06-26
Posts 147Winnipeg |
Achilles, the hero, moping in his tent, not wanting to fight. But when he finally does, that's when the war is won at last. I'm trying to bridge the title and the poem. I guess it has to do with that, the hero in repose while a war rages around him. Choosing peace over war. The title almost makes the poem sound a little sarcastic. I guess I don't really know what to make of this. I may have misinterpreted the title, but it seems a bit like a critique of the young who take peacetime for granted. I could be and am probably very wrong. Thanks for giving my brain a stretch. Brian "To me, the thing that art does for life is to clean it, to strip it to form." |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
To love tulips more than bayonets is a very virile "weakness" ... Enjoyed this. |
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