2006-07-17 03:47:53 · 5 answers · asked by hersheila 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
We alone can devalue gold
by not caring
if it falls or rises
in the marketplace.
Wherever there is gold
there is a chain, you know,
and if your chain
is gold
so much the worse
for you.
Feathers, shells
and sea-shaped stones
are all as rare.
This could be our revolution:
to love what is plentiful
as much as
what is scarce.
2006-07-17 04:27:57 · update #1
She contrasts the love of money and what society says is "valuable" with the love of beauty in and of itself, and her poem plays with how we could change the way we think, ultimately the way society thinks.
I LOVE Alice Walker. She is a spokesperson for beauty and truth and for things that have no voice.
2006-07-22 18:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by nanlwart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We Alone Poem
2017-01-18 06:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's talking about how things get value. Value depends on us. We can decide feathers are worth more than gold and then... they would be. It's a clever idea in theory. Can you think of anything that has changed value suddenly due to public opinion?
2006-07-17 06:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by AJK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could at least post the poem. Then we'll talk. :D
2006-07-17 03:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by lc_frosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more info.
2006-07-17 03:53:56 · answer #5 · answered by bail 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋