Poemranker [Poem: Knowledge has such high demands] [by Torok] Thu Nov 21 10:36:03 PST 2024

Knowledge has such high demands (Free verse) by Torok

Prestige you feel to have your possession in our keeping. Pious you feel to carry it to church each day. Tomorrow you will come burn the books and drown the wicked. The next day you will say 'they've taken it away'

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Arithmetic Mean: 5.2
Weighted score: 5.0238404
Overall Rank: 7416

Posted: July 19, 2004 10:02 AM PDT; Last modified: August 26, 2004 7:31 AM PDT
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[7] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 | 19-Jul-04/12:40 PM | Reply

Verse 1 needs a look at the wording, "possession"

The rest is pretty good.

[4] nentwined @ 66.92.28.14 | 26-Aug-04/12:28 PM | Reply

I carry my possession that you possess to church every day? I think this is supposed to be a semi-riddle on knowledge, but I do not see how to put all the pieces together.

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