2006-11-03 12:39:28 · 8 answers · asked by Venus in Furs 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It is not a poem. It is originally from the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. It is the opening sentence to the novel. The actual quote is: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It is one of the most famous lines in all of literature and quoted very often. I believe the sentence concerns the French Revolution.
2006-11-03 12:59:44 · answer #1 · answered by lobster37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens
First line Book 1 - Recalled to Life.
2006-11-03 20:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a "poem" as you think. It's the opening statement of the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
2006-11-03 21:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by just wants to know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opening sentence of A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, referring to the time of the French Revolution.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."
2006-11-04 01:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by getting2old2quick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Charles Dickens. Also it brings a dim memory of Pride of the Yankees.
2006-11-03 20:49:22 · answer #5 · answered by Honey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the first line of the novel "A Tale of Two Cities".
2006-11-03 20:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Nathan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lyrics in a Billy Joel song. ⪠⫠âª
Summer, Highland Falls
Its either sadness or euphoria.... For all our mutual experience ... the reason co-exists with our insanity.... ⪠⫠âª
Now, we are forced to recognize our inhumanities, How thoughtless we dissipate our energies... perhaps we don't fulfill each others fantasies...⪠⫠âª
So we'll argue and we'll compromise and realize that nothings ever change...
2006-11-03 21:03:47 · answer #7 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a poem.
It's the start of a book, Tale of Two Cities.
2006-11-07 20:28:00 · answer #8 · answered by May I help You? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋