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Comment 3 of 3, added on March 15th, 2009 at 5:51 PM.
Influenced no doubt by his political views and his experiences of imprisonment, I think Nazim is arguing that freedom can be seen as a negative as well as a positive. Therefore we are free to be exploited, abused and ultimately destroyed. Interestingly in the west Erich Fromm was making a similar point around this time, wtih 1942's Fear of Freedom.
Joel from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 3, added on March 28th, 2005 at 10:33 PM.
Perhaps the worst kind of freedom is freedom that looks like it: mocking us, mocking our deeper disquiet that there is indeed no freedom.
Jo from Singapore
Comment 1 of 3, added on March 14th, 2005 at 10:12 PM.
I am interested in analyzing this poem but only have a vague idea of the poet’s main message. Initially, I believed that the message was how we, as average citizens are free to do whatever we please but I would like to know if other readers found a deeper, possibly more negative meaning. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Michael from Canada
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Influenced no doubt by his political views and his experiences of imprisonment, I think Nazim is arguing that freedom can be seen as a negative as well as a positive. Therefore we are free to be exploited, abused and ultimately destroyed. Interestingly in the west Erich Fromm was making a similar point around this time, wtih 1942's Fear of Freedom.
Joel from United Kingdom