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Analysis and comments on Men by Dorothy Parker

Comment 4 of 4, added on April 6th, 2006 at 1:45 AM.

80 years after the poem was written, long after the poet is dead, and some
blood-sucking vampire still thinks her artistry should be held hostage for
a few coins.

Fredric Dennis Williams from Korea, South
Comment 3 of 4, added on April 19th, 2005 at 12:56 AM.

I fully understand. It seems that you never know when they are going to
wish to change you to their liking. Once you marry you eat their kind of
meals and eventually you are a reprogrammed Stepford wife, if you are not
careful. I won't marry. I don't think so.

Robin Gruzs from United States
Comment 2 of 4, added on December 21st, 2004 at 6:48 PM.

this poem is a truly powerful one and precisely reflects dorothy's view of
men and the society of the time. dorothy so well explains how men praise
women while constantly changing them to their likings (even today!)

sara from United States
Comment 1 of 4, added on November 16th, 2004 at 5:21 PM.

I love this poem. Dorothy Parker is so simplistic in the way she talks
about how a man changes a woman. Her words, even though they were written
in 1926, apply today in the relationship between men and women. :)

wendy from United States



Information about Men

Poet: Dorothy Parker
Poem: 63. Men
Volume: Enough Rope
Year: 1926
Added: Feb 3 2004
Viewed: 9368 times
Poem of the Day: Oct 25 2000


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