To Women As Far As I'm Concerned - A poem by D.H. Lawrence


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D.H. Lawrence - To Women As Far As I'm Concerned

The feelings I don't have I don't have.
The feeling I don't have, I won't say I have.
The feelings you say you have, you don't have.
The feelings you would like us both to have, we neither of us have.
The feelings people ought to have, they never have.
If people say they've got feelings, you may be pretty sure they haven't got them.
So if you want either of us to feel anything at all
You'd better abandon all ideas of feelings altogether.

Added: on April 19th, 2005 at 9:31 PM | Viewed: 2499 times | Comments (3)

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Poet: D.H. Lawrence Poem: To Women As Far As I'm Concerned Comment 3 of 3, added on October 4th, 2005 at 11:28 PM. Well, if you changed the last line, then you would be missing the point, which is to allow the heart the room to feel what it may without interference from the mind. This inerference is exactly what his "ideas of feelings" is referring to. Abandoning expectations is just more interference. Doug from United States Comment 2 of 3, added on April 20th, 2005 at 2:12 PM. "So if you want either of us to feel anything at all You'd better abandon all ideas of feelings altogether." I guess i would change the last line to "You'd better abandon the expectation of feelings." David Perrings David Perrings from United States Comment 1 of 3, added on April 19th, 2005 at 9:31 PM. My sister e-mailed me this poem. It gets right to the point. Anne from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, To Women As Far As I'm Concerned, has received 3 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by D.H. Lawrence with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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To Women As Far As I'm Concerned Last read: 2008-07-22 20:53:47 Viewed 2499 times. Added on April 19th, 2005 at 9:31 PM.

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