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Poet: Ezra Pound
Poem: Meditatio
Comment 10 of 10, added on March 24th, 2008 at 7:47 PM.
This poem is saying that dogs sometimes behave strangely, and when the behavior of dogs is compared to the behavior of humans, it is obvious that human behavior is less strange, thus superior. But when the poet examines some of the strange behaviors that humans are capable of, he becomes perplex, BECAUSE, dogs have a good reason for why they behave strangely, THEY ARE DOGS, what the hell is our excuse! Ta da! Thank you very much.
Paul Camacho from United States
Comment 9 of 10, added on June 15th, 2007 at 12:16 PM.
The dog is not the superior animal. Niether are humans the same as animals. Dogs can be loving, witty, violent and exhibit any number of other complex behaviours that they may share with humans. Humans, however, have creative capabilities of art, and of science. Dogs can use their reasoning skills to catch a ball or a frisbee, but they will never, as Newton did, attempt to use that principle to explain the motion of the stars and planets.
The key to the second part of the poem is that humans can choose to act constructively, through science, art, literature, archecture...any number of disciplines OR to just be lazy. A lazy human is not superior to a dog.
Jack
Comment 8 of 10, added on March 12th, 2007 at 4:28 PM.
was ezra christian?
Nikki from United States
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This poem is saying that dogs sometimes behave strangely, and when the behavior of dogs is compared to the behavior of humans, it is obvious that human behavior is less strange, thus superior. But when the poet examines some of the strange behaviors that humans are capable of, he becomes perplex, BECAUSE, dogs have a good reason for why they behave strangely, THEY ARE DOGS, what the hell is our excuse! Ta da! Thank you very much.
Paul Camacho from United States