This poem also reminded me of a riddle: Those who make it don't want it, those who buy it don't use it, and those who use it don't know it. What is it?
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Fatality
Fatality says that "there is no pain as great as being alive, no burden heavier than that of a conscious life." I do not see this as being true. While if one never lived, one might not ever feel pain, but then there would also be no feeling of happiness. If there was a feeling at all, I would presume that it would be one of emptiness. To see what it is like to live, and see others enjoying all of the pleasures of living and not want to partake in them would be crazy. While life does provide one with many choice, if the right ones are usually made, one can live through life without a heavy conscience and once one has lived long enough, there will be no more fear of death which Dario portrays in this poem.
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I´m stumped...what is the answer. As far as the poem is concerned, there is no doubt that the poet is coming from a very jaded point of view. This kind of existentialist anguish is a precursor to what a lot of post-WWII thinkers will be saying. I´m thinking specifically of Sartre (in France).
its a coffin :)
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