Help me.. I am screwed. Stuff to do with poems..

Well, I have a 2 page paper due.. And I have to do it on this poem called "The Illiterate" by William Meredith. I know what the poem is saying (kinda), but I have no idea on how I\'m gonna fill up two pages. Here is the poem.. And if anyone can give me some input on it.. Like why does he use the same words over again (man, hand, means, him, etc.).. or what you "get" from the poem.

THE ILLITERATE
By William Meredith

Touching your goodness, I am like a man
Who turns a letter over in his hand
And you might think that this was because the hand
Was unfamiliar but, truth is, the man
Has never had a letter from anyone;
And now he is both afraid of what it means
And ashamed because he has no other means
To find out what it says than to ask someone.
His uncle could have left the farm to him,
Or his parents died before he sent them word,
Or the dark girl changed and want him for beloved.
Afraid and letter-proud, he keeps it with him.
What would you call his feeling for the words
that keep him rich and orphaned and beloved?

Please, serious answers... No sarcasm this time.

You want serious answers? Gee, I guess you\'re just too good for my nonsensical garbage; fine.

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The dude can\'t read....  Right?  The words are a barrier..

I suck at english, but am I on the right track?


Vid walks into Walmart..
Goes up to the counter and says.

"What\'s the smallest piece of paper you have?  I need two."

I feel yer pain bro, I suck at english as wel

Just do a search at yahoo on the writer of the poem. There are always some commentrys about it. That what i always do

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Hehehehe.  I didn\'t read the title.  After reading the title, I guess I didn\'t figure anything out.

The way I see it, the person is about to make love to a woman (?) but is feeling insecure and possibly has never done it before (that\'s why the title is "Illiterate" see, he says he is LIKE a man who turns a letter over in his hand yet feels like he can\'t even read it. It\'s a metaphor.)

This is what my twisted & perverted mind makes out of it. I\'m not saying I\'m right.... U may laugh if u want to.

The dude has fallen in love, and is expressing his doubts/insecurities/etc... about it...  he does not know what love is like in its true "form" and has no way to judge if he is right or wrong in assuming this...

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That making love to a chick thing makes a lot of sense.  OK, now write 2 pages about it.

Yes, write two pages about making love to a chick.

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Um.. Thanks guys. haha.

I figured out the love part myself, but I wouldn\'t say that it was about making love. I would say that he doesn\'t know what love is... He missed the farm because he did not care, he missed his parents\' funeral because he did not care, and he did not care about the girl again because well... Maybe she dumped him one time and he didn\'t wanna get hurt again? Then my favorite part is the end...

"What would you call his feeling for the words
that keep him rich and orphaned and beloved?

Hate... And I thought the poem was about love.

Well...I don\'t get it and I don\'t know how old you are but everyone knows that I\'m younger and I\'m 11 and I would probably know if I wasn\'t so sleepy and it\'s my bedtime...so this has nuttin to do with the poem but i have no idea but I would say just go on and search and get comments!

OMG, LOL.

This is like so old.... You gave it a BUMP! Well, it\'s kinda weird though.. A second draft is due tomorrow, what a coincidence! So, I got more ideas.. Thanks! WOOOOO!

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I think Webhead went to page 4 to find that one.

SO did you get 2 pages done?  You should share it with us so we can critique your work..

Oh yes, I got 2 and a half actually.

Should I post it? NAHHHH! My ass is too lazy to open Word.