“Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can't pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
2006-12-11 15:39:12 · 6 answers · asked by popcorn0421 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I'll forget about the world; I'll give care and woe the finger [an obscene gesture, as is the fig]; if I can't pay, I'll use credit; they can't collect from me when I'm dead.
2006-12-11 15:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like the poet is saying what's the use in trying to keep tabs on people, it's all going to even out when we're dead...ot something along those lines.
2006-12-11 15:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by ucd_grad_2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we shouldn't care so much about the opoions of people on earth for when we die we are all equeal
the first part of my answer may just be my interpitation of the poem though it defabiftly means that when we die we are all equal no better off in anything than thee other
2006-12-11 15:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by anisah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning of this poem is that in the end, we all die, and no amount of material wealth can change our inevitable equality of death.
2006-12-11 15:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poet is irresponsible towards his debts and believes someone might or might not look after is funeral costs, He doesn't care about much.
2006-12-11 15:50:41 · answer #5 · answered by atantatlantis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you die people cant claim your debts, like if you borrow $30,000 dollars from a bank and dont own anything then they cant do anything about it
2006-12-11 15:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Leo j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋