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In reply to the discussion: I need someone to interpret a few lines of a poem for me. [View all]antiquie
(4,299 posts)30. My experience on the site...left me puzzled.
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum:
The pearl fishers who lived at the lower end of the island tried to escape in their boats, but they were soon overtaken and made prisoners, like the others. Nor was there any attempt to resist the foe, for the sharp spears and pikes and swords of the invaders terrified the hearts of the defenseless people of Pingaree, whose sole weapons were their oyster rakes.
When night fell the whole of the Island of Pingaree had been conquered by the men of the North, and all its people were slaves of the conquerors. Next morning the men of Regos and Coregos, being capable of no further
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You might be right. I suck at poetry. It was just a response to a question about a male
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#5
I think I can. Yes the one person only wants the other one to be happy and successful
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#8
You know you might be right! She feels like she is unqualified because of her
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#28
From what I read about him he had an unhappy childhood. But I think it was his father
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#38
Or you could just take that one sentence as your answer. It is telling you that you believe in
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#40
I have found it is better to ask more specific questions. Although you may get a non-specific
Maraya1969
Mar 2013
#39