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Poet: Langston Hughes
Poem: Fire-Caught
Poem of the Day:
Aug 13 2004
Comment 9 of 9, added on May 29th, 2007 at 4:58 PM.
Well, the moth that fell into the flame was the female gold moth not the grey moth. So I feel like she was looking for someone or something more beautiful and captivating. She didn't find it in the dull grey moth, even though he would be waiting there for her "until the break of day". She found what she was looking for in the end...but not what she expected. That's my understanding of this.
Reynaldo from United States
Comment 8 of 9, added on March 20th, 2006 at 8:35 PM.
I think the poem represents the thing which we desire and the thing which we take for granted. In this case its love. The gold moth was beatiful and vain. We all seek beautiful things. Yet the "ugly duckling" demonstrated her love "until the break of day" and the guy moth neglected her because she didn't fit his criteria. The gray moths death indicates fixation on the unattainable which results in her own demise.
Love Walker from United States
Comment 7 of 9, added on November 2nd, 2005 at 10:18 AM.
This poem is about a moth falling into a flame- obviously the exterminator had been hunting the moth for a while and then finally got the best of it.
zeepsters from Canada
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Well, the moth that fell into the flame was the female gold moth not the grey moth. So I feel like she was looking for someone or something more beautiful and captivating. She didn't find it in the dull grey moth, even though he would be waiting there for her "until the break of day". She found what she was looking for in the end...but not what she expected. That's my understanding of this.
Reynaldo from United States