to achieve genuine poetic value in the two strongest lines in the work, "Love beyond marital, filial, national,/love that casts a widening pool of light," she destroys the achievement with discord in the line, "love with no need to pre-empt grievance." Not pre-empting grievance allows grievance to worsen. The "widening pool of light" dries up in political posturing.from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Alexander's Praise Song for the Day
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He desires the green grass and the sounds of rivers moving naturally through the landscape.
The speaker issues forth the Romantic sensibility of yearning for "Nature's observatory," from which "the dell,/Its flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell." He craves to reside among the flowers and clear river on a hillside, instead of living in a shabby city apartment.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Keats' O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell
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The speaker proclaims his idea that it is better to be a bad person than to be merely thought to be bad by others who do not really know. If gossiping busybodies contend that the target of their gossip is other then he actually is, the latter might feel it incumbent upon himself to change his behavior to suit the gossipers.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 121
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This statement reminds readers that the mind is a private place in which one can retreat for reflection and also where one can create original ideas for entertainment, education, or enlightenment. This unique quality of the mind is available to every living individual; every human being is born equipped with this remarkable vehicle.
The speaker then reveals that he especially prefers the "streets untrod by crooked thoughts," which are "vile-born" and "unkind."
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda's The Human Mind
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