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Comment 2 of 2, added on January 20th, 2005 at 8:36 PM.
Wow, this is a truly beautiful poem. I love the poems of the
Transcendentalists. I believe what he is saying (summed up) is that
fortune, in ways that are not superficial, favors no one. People, though,
think otherwise and scorn those "not favored" and praise those "fortunate
ones". But all people are born with the ability to see true beauty, inner
beauty, though too often people never do this. And at the end of the poem,
Emerson tells us that success (which is "forever good") can only be
acheived by finding that beauty within yourself. And once you have been
able to understand yourself, only then can you "carry the eagles, and
master the sword."
Caitlin from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on November 24th, 2004 at 1:57 AM.
Yeah I am very confuzzled also.
Lindsey from United States
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Wow, this is a truly beautiful poem. I love the poems of the
Transcendentalists. I believe what he is saying (summed up) is that
fortune, in ways that are not superficial, favors no one. People, though,
think otherwise and scorn those "not favored" and praise those "fortunate
ones". But all people are born with the ability to see true beauty, inner
beauty, though too often people never do this. And at the end of the poem,
Emerson tells us that success (which is "forever good") can only be
acheived by finding that beauty within yourself. And once you have been
able to understand yourself, only then can you "carry the eagles, and
master the sword."
Caitlin from United States