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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARAGRAPHS: 16, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of the rights of each to zero. No. I mean the only Last Line: Thus, living light cast back from a burnt-out star Subject(s): Freedom; Numbers; Liberty | |||
of the rights of each to zero. No, I mean the only kind of liberty that is worthy of the name, liberty that consists in the full development of all the material, intellectual, and moral powers which lie hidden in every person; liberty which knows no restrictions beyond those determined by the laws of our individual natures, which cannot properly be regarded as restrictions since they are not imposed, but are immanent and inherent, forming the very basis of our material, intellectual, and moral being -- they do not limit us, they are the real and immediate conditions of our freedom" -- Thus, living light cast back from a burnt-out star. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION' by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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