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Analysis and comments on The Friend by Marge Piercy

Comment 5 of 5, added on March 25th, 2008 at 11:39 PM.

i believe this poem is saying how you can do things for love and no i do
not find it funny but the focus is particularly for the women to fall in
love with the correct men not with the one who will ask you to cut of your
hands.

Martha from Mexico
Comment 4 of 5, added on November 25th, 2007 at 4:56 PM.

This poem was not intended to be funny. Piercy is writing, once again,
about the way SOME men treat women. I admit that equality between men and
women has come a long way since the 60's, but there are some frames of mind
that will keep repeating as ignorance breeds ignorance.
I chose Marge Piercy as the poet to base my research essay on and now I'm
finding that I've made a really good choice as her poems all deal with real
issues in the world and aren't constrained by ryme or meter, and takes
advantage of the free-verse style. Perhaps this in itself is another
measure to pass along her messages of freedom and unconstraint by rules.

Hannah from Canada
Comment 3 of 5, added on May 21st, 2007 at 7:54 PM.

This is a funny poem. I like funny pems more than interesting ones.

jacob from United States
Comment 2 of 5, added on February 12th, 2006 at 6:41 PM.

this poem makes me cry. to think of cutting off ur hands is horrible.

fonda from United States
Comment 1 of 5, added on December 11th, 2005 at 7:29 AM.

This is a very interesting poem. I can tottaly idetify miself with the
poem.

denise from Panama



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Poet: Marge Piercy
Poem: The Friend
Added: May 7 2003
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