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Analysis and comments on Resume by Dorothy Parker

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Comment 3 of 23, added on December 3rd, 2004 at 4:06 PM.

liz, I do not see Leslie saying how Lindon should interpret the poem,
Leslie simply says she "thinks" this is what Parker meant. I do not see
how Leslie is out of order, and I think your comments were completely
uncalled for.

--Moby

Moby from United States
Comment 2 of 23, added on November 3rd, 2004 at 2:31 PM.

I'm glad that the poem cheered you up when you needed it to--however, I
don't think Parker meant to be cheery or optomistic. Infact, the point of
Resume was basically to say that even death was to much of a hassale to
her--not that life was such a superior optoion.

Anyway, I'm glad someone else on earth has read this poem and enjoyed it.
Have you read Dylan's 'Rage Against The Night'? That's a truley life
affirming poem
(from another suicidal drunk--go figure).

Leslie Gowan from United States
Comment 1 of 23, added on September 3rd, 2004 at 2:56 PM.

I was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure and metastatic
cancer. This poem really cheers me up, as do so many of Parker's works, and
lets me know that a big part of survival is in the attitude.

M.L. Lindon

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Information about Resume

Poet: Dorothy Parker
Poem: 43. Resume
Volume: Enough Rope
Year: 1926
Added: Feb 3 2004
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