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Poet: Dame Edith Sitwell
Poem: Answers
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Comment 1 of 1, added on July 21st, 2006 at 11:07 AM.
This is a wonderful poem to read out loud. Big questions do bruise the mind, and small things bring comfort and knowing. In the end, the big questions almost force themselves upon her, and she must deal with them. Big questions are never far. For example, most of us take living wills for granted, but for parents that have severely handicapped children, it is a reality--along with custodial care, housing..., that must be dealt with. Donating organs? To be buried or creamated? Stay married for the "sake of the children". Big questions.
Isn't it something how life really brings its own set of complications? (I am not seeking answers, just pondering along the lines that this poem alludes to.)
dallas from United States
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This is a wonderful poem to read out loud. Big questions do bruise the mind, and small things bring comfort and knowing. In the end, the big questions almost force themselves upon her, and she must deal with them. Big questions are never far. For example, most of us take living wills for granted, but for parents that have severely handicapped children, it is a reality--along with custodial care, housing..., that must be dealt with. Donating organs? To be buried or creamated? Stay married for the "sake of the children". Big questions.
Isn't it something how life really brings its own set of complications? (I am not seeking answers, just pondering along the lines that this poem alludes to.)
dallas from United States