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Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 42.
I walked in a desert
Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1905
Poem of the Day:
Dec 16 2001
Comment 8 of 8, added on June 13th, 2007 at 7:33 PM.
Crane is in a desperate situation and has lost all hope.He believes there is somebody(God) out there who can help him.He cries out for help and he is being comforted and given hope by a voice.he doesn't really believe his conditions can change for better.He complains about everything being so difficult.The voice points out the fact that there's still hope and he should not give up.
Mbuwel
Comment 7 of 8, added on February 3rd, 2007 at 7:31 PM.
Stephen Crane believed God existed, but Crane viewed God as hatefully. I think that in this poem Crane is pointing out God's faults. The bible says that God is always with you, but Crane does not feel God is with him. I think this poem is trying to call God a liar
Mike from United States
Comment 6 of 8, added on December 17th, 2006 at 6:36 PM.
i have to agree with brian on this one... the man is unaware of the life which he has created for himself.. when he finally becomes aware of his situation he mistakes it for a desert, because in our minds we do not want to accept that which is reality... this man's cry for help is not left unanswered; instead, it is responded to with one short and vague phrase, perhaps not only alluding to the idea that it has no one proper analysis and meaning and that each individual will interpret it differently.. but also simply pointing out the fact that "it", whatever "it" may be, is not a desert...this man's perception of reality and the world around him is, more or less, wrong and thus he shall remain lost and confused until he is willing to accept his life for what it has become..
Alex from United States
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Crane is in a desperate situation and has lost all hope.He believes there is somebody(God) out there who can help him.He cries out for help and he is being comforted and given hope by a voice.he doesn't really believe his conditions can change for better.He complains about everything being so difficult.The voice points out the fact that there's still hope and he should not give up.
Mbuwel