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Summary To the Public by Louis Macniece
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Fhdhbf1. To The Public
To the Public
Fhdhbfhdsqkrjhewuorbejworjfeiwjfo Louis Macneice
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Poets work
BY Louis Macneice frequently
[1907 – 1963]
with society
emotions
Question to public Theme = rejection of
Rhetorical question stereotypes of society
Why hold that poets are so sensitive?
resiliance holding Steal in a casual manner Rejection of societal norms
A thickskinned grasping lot who filch and eavesdrop,
exploit society though their ideology
I acknowledge what you Who enjoy ourselves at other men’s expense, Grasping| to try to hold something
are saying but what you Laws Do not follow convention
say does not affect me Who, legislators or not, ourselves are lawless,
as a person They don’t care what the public thinks*
We do not need your indulgence, much less your pity; 5 if cannot hold selves
Fewer worries because the poets did not worry about stocks… to this standard WHY
*don't need your hold poet to this
validation or With fewer qualms, we have rather more common sense
poets are not held down by social norms standard. Can’t hold
approval not held back by money
poets accountable for
Than your Common Man, also of course more freedom, Through
Skills are both using finger (stealing/shooting and writing) what society does
Literature wrong
With our burglars’ and gunmen’s fingers, our green fingers.
Blunt Repetition
So, crude though we are, we get to times and places (sense of
Whether you read the poem or not literature (ideology) continues Rhythm)
And, saving your presence or absence will continue 10
Emotions
Throwing our dreams and guts in people’s faces.
Money The poet’s gunpowder is ink
gunpowder
ink gunpowder is green
Poets will write whether
or not the Public read it
Multiple meanings
• brave
• Share to much…
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