The golf links lie so near the mill
That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.
When i read this poem i can really picture it. i see small children working in sweat
shops and they are going home from work and they see these men playing golf on this
very expensive and nice golf course. ht ese children have nothing and these men fly
out to some foreign country to play golf. I picture them being CEO's even though i do
really know what that is. I just know they are over payed by a lot. It reminds me of
Fun With Dick and Jane the movie. how there are the people in charge who have millions
while other people are suffering and the do not care. The men do not care that the
are working and should not be they are just there to look out for themselves.
this sounds like someone describing a picture that you could hang on a wall. i can
really see this like it is a snap shot and i think that is a feat and means the poet
is a great poet because there are only four lines.
I really liked this poem too, and thought it was impressive the visual you could get from four lines. But I think that really makes it more effective. Btw "golf links" is apparently the earliest form of golf, making me think the author thinks this has been going on a long time.
ReplyDeleteShe packs a wallop in four lines! The juxtaposition of the images hits you. Good!
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