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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 126.
To fight aloud, is very brave
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 4 of 4, added on May 17th, 2006 at 8:56 PM.
This poem talks about how a person who is truly brave will not fight aloud to gain recognition but rather, fight inwardly with his own sorrows to obtain esteem from no one but himself. There will always be losses, but the true bravery lies in coping with one's own misery to better understand oneself. And even as the angels are marching with "even feet" they are still coated in uniforms of snow (signifying something pure because it is white, but nevertheless utterly cold). The bottom line is that to fight outwardly is brave, but to challenge one's own perceptions of what is right or wrong is much more brave, because with one's own ideology on the line there is room for so much more criticism--self-criticism.
Mor :D from United States
Comment 3 of 4, added on September 13th, 2005 at 1:33 PM.
We fight for our country every day just to see the next day ahead
stephanie from Armenia
Comment 2 of 4, added on March 31st, 2005 at 8:39 PM.
I think this poem is about how u should be silent instead of saying something aloud.
Gail from Australia
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This poem talks about how a person who is truly brave will not fight aloud to gain recognition but rather, fight inwardly with his own sorrows to obtain esteem from no one but himself. There will always be losses, but the true bravery lies in coping with one's own misery to better understand oneself. And even as the angels are marching with "even feet" they are still coated in uniforms of snow (signifying something pure because it is white, but nevertheless utterly cold). The bottom line is that to fight outwardly is brave, but to challenge one's own perceptions of what is right or wrong is much more brave, because with one's own ideology on the line there is room for so much more criticism--self-criticism.
Mor :D from United States