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Comment 2 of 2, added on October 7th, 2005 at 10:41 AM.
one is never "free" until unselfish choices are made which i think is at the core of the poem... cohen sure seems to be hurting and it's no wonder...he doesn't quite give the reader a clue as to how he "tried" to be free...it seems that he speaks of injuring people along his quest for freedom...i think he knows and doesn't need to ask if he's been unkind...how selfish to ask that anyone he's hurt can just "let it go by"...and how does he propose to "make it all up to thee"? to sum it up i'd say that cohen is using his readership to confess his guilt...
ilene novick from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on August 10th, 2005 at 11:10 PM.
From the poem I gathered that there is in very person that desire to be truly free from being influenced by what others might say; to be free to be or to simply do what we wish to, but we can not be truly free as we are bound to claim "personal accountability" for our actions and decisions.There are times that although we dont mean to, we tend to cause pain and sufferring to the people we claim to love and if we truly take responsibility, we would want to make up for those times. Life, however teaches us that true freedom comes from within each of us, when we become detached and uninfluenced by what others have to say.
Beth from Philippines
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one is never "free" until unselfish choices are made which i think is at the core of the poem... cohen sure seems to be hurting and it's no wonder...he doesn't quite give the reader a clue as to how he "tried" to be free...it seems that he speaks of injuring people along his quest for freedom...i think he knows and doesn't need to ask if he's been unkind...how selfish to ask that anyone he's hurt can just "let it go by"...and how does he propose to "make it all up to thee"? to sum it up i'd say that cohen is using his readership to confess his guilt...
ilene novick from United States