There was one I met upon the road - A poem by Stephen Crane


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Stephen Crane - There was one I met upon the road

There was one I met upon the road
Who looked at me with kind eyes.
Her said, "Show me of your wares."
And this I did,
Holding forth one.
He said, "It is a sin."
Then held I forth another;
He said, "It is a sin."
Then held I forth another;
He said, "It is a sin."
And so to the end;
Always he said, "It is a sin."
And, finally, I cried out,
"But I have none other."
Then did he look at me
With kinder eyes.
"Poor soul!" he said.

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 33. There was one I met upon the road Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Poem of the Day: Nov 14 2004 Comment 1 of 1, added on December 19th, 2005 at 2:08 AM. The long and short, as I percieve it, is that a person may not be all-responsible for their behavior, because the circumstances surrounding their behavior may have been out of their control. The speaker may be presented one way (sinful, or having only sin) toward the man, but the poem says that once the man has seen that all the speaker's wares are sinfuil, the man THEN viewed the speaker with kinder eyes, and said, "poor soul!" as if he had a newfelt pity or compassion for the speaker. He may not have had the same feeling toward the speaker if it were his fault that all his wares were of sin. WillAshland from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, There was one I met upon the road, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Stephen Crane with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Stephen Crane Poem: 33. There was one I met upon the road Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines Year: Published/Written in 1905 Last read: May 14 2008, 8:45AM Poem of the Day: Nov 14 2004 Viewed 5105 times. Added on December 19th, 2005 at 2:08 AM.

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