Great Regulars: The speaker asserts that Pop thinks his

grandson is just a "green young man/Who fails to consider the/Flim and flam of the world."

Pop advises his grandson that his sheltered existence is responsible for the young man’s ignorance of the "flim-flam" world. The speaker just stares at the old man, who seems to exhibit a facial tick, with his eyes darting off "in different directions/And his slow, unwelcome twitches."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Obama's "Pop"

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The speaker then produces once more a reason that the young man should marry, "So that eternal love in love’s fresh case/Weighs not the dust and injury of age." Also, by producing heirs who will continue the beauty and love of the two generations, the young father abolishes the curse of father time’s imposition of "necessary wrinkles."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 108

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He demands that she not visit his resting place but instead merely "let the wind sweep" in place of her skirts swishing around his grave. And because she would not cry for him, he demands she not appear but let the "plover cry." He welcomes a crying bird and imagines its plaint more appropriate than the "foolish tears" of his faithless former love.

Thus, he demands that she "go by."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Tennyson's "Come Not, When I am Dead"

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The human individual is capable of speaking "loud and clear" and "with meaning new." While all other divinely-inspired, natural creatures may partially express the spirit of the Supreme Intelligence, the human individual may "fully declare/Of One that’s everywhere."

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda's "One That's Everywhere"

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