Great Regulars: This tiny Emerson poem continues

to attract attention, because of the ambiguity of the word "hypocritic." Readers choose sides in the debate according to the meaning of "hypocritic days." One side claims that the days are "actors"; while the other argues that they are "deceivers."

from Linda Sue Grimes: BellaOnline: Emerson's Transcendentalist Poem

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