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Friday, August 31, 2012

(9th) Weekend Discussion #2

Your question for the week has to do with the topic of JUDGEMENT:


“Once in a golden hour,
I cast to earth a seed,
And up there grew a flower,
That others called a weed.”
Alfred Tennyson


CONSIDER: What is the metaphorical meaning of this poem? How does this brief poem apply to us as individuals? What is the real difference between a "flower" and a "weed"?

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5 comments:

  1. MissG

    This is a test of the comment system.

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  2. I think the poem is applicable to us as individuals because (as I understood it) it refers to how people can interpret things differently, such as, say, someone's character, and how, while someone may judge someone in a negative light, it doesn't necessarily mean that person is correct, nor does it mean the person being judged is really a "weed" instead of a "flower."

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  3. This poem is talking about us as individuals. Since we all are different in every way, you can only expect us to have different opinions. The only real difference between a flower and a weed is the individual's perspective of it. While one person may think their flaws make them a weed, another may think that their flaws make them a flower.

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  4. charlse648

    I belive this poet is trying to say beaty is to the be holder of the eye. As I use to say looks arnt everything. He saying i might not like the way u look are dress but its not for me to like .People are allwayse saying dont judge a book by its cover. well its the say consept of what he saying judging a book by its cover might be the worse thing a person can do because their insides might just be better than they appear.

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  5. I think this quote represent us when we are kids and grow but all are different and act different.

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