A verse of Poe
The child is the megaphone of his training, and he never does anything to his parents that they didn't do to him in the first place, When listen to mothers who have ruined their children's chances for happiness, and who talk confidently and determinedly of their methods, I think of Poe's line,
"Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly."
from Conditioned Reflex Therapy by Salter
Hello,
Could anyone explain the meaning the verse of Poe's?
I searched and read the poem from the Internet, and someone said, the poem is about the sadness and loneliness of Poe, when the woman he loved past away. However I don't understand the poem, especially the verse in the context above.
Thanks!
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I searched and read the poem from the Internet, and someone said, the poem is about the sadness and loneliness of Poe, The quotation has nothing to do with the meaning of Poe's poem; the writer is just using the line by itself as a literary metaphor: Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly = I was surprised that the bird understood clearly what was said. The writer is referring to the fact that children clearly hear or see and imitate what their parents say or do (= the child is the megaphone of his training, and he never does anything to his parents that they didn't do to him in the first place).
- I searched and read the poem from the Internet, and someone said, the poem is about the sadness and loneliness of Poe, The quotation has nothing to do with the meaning of Poe's poem; the writer is just using the line by itself as a literary metaphor: Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly = I was surprised that the bird understood clearly what was said.
- The writer is referring to the fact that children clearly hear or see and imitate what their parents say or do (= the child is the megaphone of his training, and he never does anything to his parents that they didn't do to him in the first place).
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iclearwaterCould anyone explain the meaning the verse of Poe's?I searched and read the poem from the Internet, and someone said, the poem is about the sadness and loneliness of Poe,
The quotation has nothing to do with the meaning of Poe's poem; the writer is just using the line by itself as a literary metaphor:
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl
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