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Comment 10 of 40, added on February 3rd, 2007 at 3:23 AM.
this short poem is one i like...It says to me that in life we can't live
with the truth, that we must find other ways and poetry can be one of them.
yann rolland from France
Comment 9 of 40, added on January 17th, 2006 at 3:41 PM.
yo i can dig what all yall be sayin
jose tangerine from Bulgaria
Comment 8 of 40, added on December 31st, 2005 at 12:34 PM.
I really like this poem, it reminds me of a book w/the same title - scifi,
but w/good writing.
I think that this is about how, when we see just how hard the path we wish
to take is, we tend to look for an easier route. Also, that truth, to one
degree or another, demands some suffering.
Scott from United States
Comment 7 of 40, added on December 12th, 2005 at 4:11 AM.
this poem is realy good i am doin it for my hsc this poem overall
symbolises life in that life is a journey that will force tou to make
choices.The end result of these choices will wither satify your goals or
make you a better person . we can conclude by saying that the moral of the
poem id not the end result of the journey taht matters but more how you get
their - the experinces, obstacles and how you learn from them
Veronica from Australia
Comment 6 of 40, added on November 1st, 2005 at 8:02 PM.
I have come to see it as more of a vagabond who stumbles onto the pathway
to truth and finds it ironic that he has found what many will never find
even spending there who lives looking for it and yet he wasnt even looking
for it. the wayfarer by name is an aimless wanderer and then he seeing the
thorns are knives relises that it will be painfull to reach the Truth and
seeing no other way abandens the path to Truth and goes back to what he was
before , well thats just how I have come to see it anyways.
kylan from United States
Comment 5 of 40, added on July 24th, 2005 at 6:51 PM.
This poem is amazing. I think he is describing the excuses that people make
to avoid the fact that they are taking the wrong path in life.
Natasha from Canada
Comment 4 of 40, added on April 14th, 2005 at 8:55 PM.
I first heard this poem in elementary school. Young ones can grasp some
pretty abstract conepts. I give students poems and things that are
suposedly over their heads. I'm glad my teachers challenged me and didn't
just give me worksheets. I have quoted this poem many times to my
students. If you are going to challenge students it may necessitate some
not understanding immediately.
Ron from United States
Comment 3 of 40, added on January 11th, 2005 at 7:46 PM.
ties to this cliche:
"Taking the hard right over the easy wrong."
Tom from United States
Comment 2 of 40, added on December 28th, 2004 at 10:43 PM.
I believe he is trying to say that saying the truth is not always easy but
is always worth it in the end. Some people can not handle the pathway to
truth so they end up choosing the alternative routes of lies.
Josh from United States
Comment 1 of 40, added on October 15th, 2004 at 10:54 AM.
I love this poem. The way the traveller is daunted by "thickly grown
weeds". This states that the "path of truth" is much harder to travel,
then, say, the path of lies. And his "singular knife" reference to the
weeds, showing how the truth is not only hard to follow, but harmful to
some.
Anthony from United States
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this short poem is one i like...It says to me that in life we can't live
with the truth, that we must find other ways and poetry can be one of them.
yann rolland from France