Thursday, January 1, 2004

I Shall Not Die For Thee Comments

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FOR thee, I shall not die,
Woman of high fame and name;
Foolish men thou mayest slay
I and they are not the same.
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Douglas Hyde
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mabrouk 16 July 2019

the poem refuses to associate love and beauty with death, only fools do so, as sated in the poem. it's also a mockery of the old notion of platonic love whereby, the lover dies for the prson he loves such. ex: romeo and juliet

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no name 06 December 2021

thank you so much

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Aisha Masha 06 January 2017

This poem shows love but not the sacrifice to die for!

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A nice and awesome poem with lot of expression of love and told the things in straightway and so interesting.

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