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Poet: A.E. Housman
Poem: The Isle Of Portland
Comment 2 of 2, added on December 21st, 2005 at 9:21 PM.
this poem is totally talking about justice. an innocent guy is taken to prison (for supposedly no reason at all.. injustice *hint*hint*) on the isle of portland and he is forced, like the other criminals, to quarry the stones. this guy dies from depression, loneliness, isolation and confinement from the outer world, and from working too hard. and ae housman (because he is always depressed) is telling him that he's better off dead and peaceful, than living in this crappy and unjust lifestyle of his.
showanda from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on December 19th, 2005 at 10:22 AM.
i think this peom is lame and it sucks for teachers to teach it to their students its nosense and has nothing to do with poetic justice
eddie from United States
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this poem is totally talking about justice. an innocent guy is taken to prison (for supposedly no reason at all.. injustice *hint*hint*) on the isle of portland and he is forced, like the other criminals, to quarry the stones. this guy dies from depression, loneliness, isolation and confinement from the outer world, and from working too hard. and ae housman (because he is always depressed) is telling him that he's better off dead and peaceful, than living in this crappy and unjust lifestyle of his.
showanda from United States