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Allan Riverwood
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0 posted 2001-01-09 03:05 PM


A puppet does a dance
a mesmerizing scene
inflicting such a trance
come watch the puppet dance

A mask emits a smile
a smile of total fear
he marches every mile
whilst cloaked within a smile

A child confesses love
before this it has known
looking far above
for an elder one to love

A beast emits a tear
for all he has endured
and there are none who hear
the falling of the tear

A man creates a life
of fiction, weaved with words
with this he picks a wife
with whom to start his life

And none dare question why
of all the men on earth
each word is just a lie
there is no reason why


© Copyright 2001 Brian James Lee - All Rights Reserved
jeremydraul
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1 posted 2001-01-09 03:12 PM


-seems as if the 1st and 2nd paragraphs are a trance to make people believe this mans happy
-3rd and 4th paragraphs portray a cry for help to a parent or mentor, but are left unheard...
-so the man creates a false life to try and grasp some happiness..

Am I right? first try at analyzing a poem....

Anyways, i really liked this one allan, great rhyming and repetition.
~JDR


"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." -Oscar Wilde

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2 posted 2001-01-09 04:52 PM


good one this is, i agree with dude up there

*dont let life bring you down, dig thru the ditches and deck it in the face and reclaim your place*---Kyle Finn....2001

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3 posted 2001-01-09 04:54 PM


Hmm...
Great interperetations, but not what I intended.  

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4 posted 2001-01-09 05:16 PM


Great poem. Btw, how would you interpret it?  
Curly


"Well if you just close your eyes
and just imagine everything's alright
you should not hide your tears
cuz they were sent to wash away those years"

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5 posted 2001-01-09 05:21 PM


Let's wait and see what everyone else thinks.

Eternal life without the darkness isn't life at all- it is a lobotomy.


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6 posted 2001-01-09 05:32 PM


Simply Wonderful poem allen you actually sound like someone i know, but anyway. I know i am most likely wrong on this one but here is how i analyzed it.

I believe that the first paragraph is telling how this person mezmorizes people into believeing he is something he is not. And once everyone starts to believe this he then only wishes to be himself.

Then it almost sounds like he will smile to cover how he truly feels inside. lonely perhaps and wishing to be loved. So he reaches for love.

He cries because he knows that this is not what he wanted and he loves this person for all the wrong reasons.

He then takes a wife to try to cover up the mistake he made before. And he thinks to himself that he doesnt understand why he made all of these lies because he is unhappy in the end.

Well thats what i got out of it. Tell me what you really tried to mean because i know i am way off here. Thank you for the poem and the deep thought you gave me because of it. Wonderful job

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7 posted 2001-01-09 05:38 PM


To me this sounds like a child was pushed to getting married and move on with his life. So to him he is like a puppet and his parents are the ones holding the strings. He fears what he may be forced into. And he ends up loving before he should have and cries but no one hears because they dont see that it bothers him because he makes them believe everything is ok and his parents try to make him believe everything is alright also. And in the end he doesnt know why his parents did this to him and lied.

i know im wrong but wanted a shot anyway..
GREAT POEM!!!! loved it. keep posting

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8 posted 2001-01-09 06:45 PM


Okay, so I'm not even about to try to guess! Alan will you just tell us?!


(:***stephani***:)
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whether or not you feel as though the friendship or relationship is about to end."

..

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9 posted 2001-01-09 06:53 PM


some regulars have yet to look...
and I'm worried about disappointing you all
^_^
hehehe
it's MUCH simpler than you realize, and there is one profound mistake that you are all making in your interperetations.

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10 posted 2001-01-09 09:41 PM


A puppet can't dance
a Child can't claim love
a beast can't emit a tear
a mask can't smile
a man can't create a life

It's all not true....and nobody questions why. Does this mean that people just accept what seems to be, rather than question and find out what truly IS?



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

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11 posted 2001-01-09 09:47 PM


you are on the right track, DD.
That observation is not an empty one.

This was the device I used for communicating the fact that each of these individuals was lying.
Yes, these are each individuals, each important people in my life.  Not one person as you all thought.
This poem was about the most signifigant lies that have ever been told to me, or that I have been witness to and how obvious it was that they were lying.
I didn't leave myself out-- paragraph five is about me.
I was summarizing that, of everything on earth, so many lies exist, and we don't bother to question them.  If a beast is crying, we let down our guard and it attacks.  This poem was written with my own perspective in mind.  To "dance" is to lie.
I'll leave it to your imagination what the identities of the others were.
Thanks for taking this small piece so out-of-proportion.


Eternal life without the darkness isn't life at all- it is a lobotomy.


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12 posted 2001-01-09 10:29 PM


well, seeing as everyone else already analyzed it, saying the exact same thing..i'll just agree   Great work

*dq


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13 posted 2001-01-10 01:45 AM


CRAP... I'm late... And I read the replies before I delved into it.  I did kinda notice how each verse was a different story, and I figured they were all linked together by a single thruth or charecteristic, but like I said then I read the replies and lost all the fun.  But great post.  Lots of symbolism and such..  I think the title is good.  I can see how dancing can represent lies.  But whatever,  Nice read, thanks
Jason< !signature-->

"Every body has their destiny...
I'LL CHOOSE MY OWN
~Hatebreed~


[This message has been edited by IsGona (edited 01-10-2001).]

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14 posted 2001-01-10 05:03 AM


I was late too Isgona, don't worry...  Great work Allan, you have done well and I can see what you are saying!!  

Love Melz!!

Dont believe what ur eyes r telling u they only show limitation. Look with ur understanding, find out what u already know & u will see the way to fly

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15 posted 2001-01-11 01:01 PM


Well I'm even later, but I think you did a good job on it.  It's usually fun reading how others interpret your poem differently

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16 posted 2001-04-24 08:13 PM


Thanks for the replies.  
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17 posted 2001-05-03 06:11 AM


Hmmmmm...interesting, Mister Riverwood. A bit less complex than seen at first glance. Uh, you're welcome.  
  ~Carly

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.  And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears."   ~Kahil Gibran

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