A married man who begs his friend,
A bachelour, to wed and end
His lonesome, sorry state,
Is like a bather in the sea,
Goose-pimpled, blue from neck to knee,
Who cries, "The Waters's Great"!
2006-12-27 19:55:03 · 9 answers · asked by Gone 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
The general theme is sarcasm and irony. It's about someone who's suffering, and inviting someone else to suffer by explaining how great it is to suffer.
2006-12-27 19:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The theme, I'd say, is "The destructive aspect of marriage."
That is, the married man is like a person abandoned at sea telling someone else that the water is fine - when it obviously is not. The water (marriage) has left the man "lonesome," "sorry," "goose-pimpled," and "blue."
2006-12-27 20:00:08 · answer #2 · answered by Andy P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was nice of you to make me smile :o). I would say that the theme would be that misery loves company. I would also like to overthink it and say that although the water is frigid, there is an underlying goodness to it. Like marriage, nothing is perfect but the bonds are worth the tribulations.
2006-12-30 07:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by mamagoofy13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like 2 guys that are friends; on married and the other single. The single guy likes being single but is depressed about it as well.
the wording almost sounds like John Donne but I am not familiar with the poem you posted. Check out "The Indifferent" by Donne.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/indifferent.php
2006-12-27 20:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a funny way of saying that the married man is in misery and wants his friend to join him by getting married...I had to smile....
2006-12-27 19:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by e_piphany214 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would seem the theme of the poem is that marriage is something to be avoided. can't say i agree, but it's someone's point of view so there you are.
2006-12-27 20:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by Smiddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the married guy is jealous of his single friend so he wants him to be as unhappy
2006-12-27 20:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The for men to not be lonely no matter what their status is.
2006-12-27 20:04:45 · answer #8 · answered by melbournewooferblue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
misery loves company . . .
2006-12-28 01:55:37 · answer #9 · answered by lena b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋