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Comment 2 of 2, added on September 9th, 2009 at 10:40 AM.
The poet has an yearning to be away from this humdrum and mundane realities of life where one's 'self' is lost; entangled in various social obligations and duties, man wears a mask. The 'want' is to remain a human-a man free of these masks.His "wants"is a poem wanting to be 'himself', which has been and is still
a 'want'of every modern man.
H.P.Pathak from India
Comment 1 of 2, added on August 29th, 2006 at 11:51 PM.
This poem mirrors a recurrent need in myself to be left alone; not to be required because of - my sex; my position as mother,wife,duaghter, sister; my citizenship;the social demands made by my friends, my job, my neighbours; and my fears for the future- to adopt a role, to repond or perform for others. The desire to be left alone and to be able to think, do and behave as I want to without any prescribed, socially assigned role is a "want" that has become increasingly central to regaining the essence of me.
Lorraine Campbell from Australia
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The poet has an yearning to be away from this humdrum and mundane realities of life where one's 'self' is lost; entangled in various social obligations and duties, man wears a mask. The 'want' is to remain a human-a man free of these masks.His "wants"is a poem wanting to be 'himself', which has been and is still
a 'want'of every modern man.
H.P.Pathak from India