Below is a poem or a part of a poem that was often quoted by The Elephant Man.
Does anyone know who the author is or if the poem is complete as it is shown here:
"Tis true my form is something odd,
But blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew
I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole
Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul;
The mind’s the standard of the man."
shouldnt this be in literature section. man i get tired of veterans posting in wrong forums
Woman you got to know how to search on Yahoo or Google
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just copy and paste the first line, Hit the Search Button and Wollah
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If still have problem, I am here to help
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Ok, I’ll make your life a bit more easier
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, Written by Blitzgal on August 6, 2000
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
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joseph merrick. the elephant man himself is the author…written in the 19th cent…not 2000
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Hi muzna,the poem that is often repeated by john in "The Elephant Man" is written by Joseph carey Merrick himself, i did research and found it, i'm 100% sure so the answer is Merrick.
Best of Luck
Ok. Guys, I hitted the search button again and found out I was wrong the first time
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My appology
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Mr. or Ms. Belle is absolutely right
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BUT Still if you want to know about the poem and the history behind the So called Elephant Man
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, the easiest way is to type the first line in Google search Engine.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
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Thanks for the answers folks.
Now here is why I posted it here(
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@ Fraud)…
Although most of us have the courage and the willpower to withstand “sneers and jeers” or even the “unspoken prejudice” that society showers upon us, there are times when we wish we could be just a little bit different.
If there was something about yourself that you could change to suit the world today, what would it be?
NOTHING
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World should change to suite me
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
It’s Ms .Belle
Muzna I think a general problem we all have that needs to be tackled is CONFORMITY, its something we all need to think twice about especially in our culture. Sorry if this has nothing do with the question you asked.
Originally posted by Muzna:
**Thanks for the answers folks.
Now here is why I posted it here(
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@ Fraud)… **
well in that case the topic was lame because ppl who will not read thsi thread would think u are just trying to find out about an author. but good try, decent attempt to save..too bad it did not work.
Is there a difference between "author" and "poet" ??
Thanks for the Correction Ms. Belle
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Why did you emphasize “especially in our culture”? Will you be kind enough to elaborate more on this.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
It seems that you already knew about the Author in Advance
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Was it some sort of experiment by you?? If it was, what did you achieve from it? and was it worth it
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?? And if it was some sort of experiment, don’t you think it was rude to use us, without our prior knowledge
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare
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I hate it when veterans try to derail threads by posting irrelevant stuff.
If there was something about yourself that you could change to suit the world today, what would it be?
To be bold enough to stand up for those differences, but I guess that wouldn't be to suit the world, but rather for myself.
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Originally posted by belle:
It’s Ms .Belle
Muzna I think a general problem we all have that needs to be tackled is CONFORMITY, its something we all need to think twice about especially in our culture. Sorry if this has nothing do with the question you asked.
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Ms. Belle,
Do explain a little bit more what you mean.
Nothing, I love myself and hate the world.
im broken
Ok this what I mean, and I may be wrong on this, so bare with me, I just feel than in our culture one has to earn his or her spot and if her or she fails to justify their worthiness’ than its all over, there is no second chance. For instance many people in our culture chose to live extravagant lives i.e. the excessive amount of gold given to a bride, just because Bla’s bride had this much gold and Ta’s bride had less does not mean that they are poor and stingy it just means they are not conforming and thus they are labeled the outcasts and the talk of the town. The fact that if your cousins have “this” than you have to have “that” squared (doubled) to me is conformity. Why is that if we see another Pakistani person do something out of the ordinary (and it may very well be something that is not forbidden) its considered stupid, questioned or within a heartbeat a conspiracy is built. Above all many children are told to meet the standards of conformity rather than encouraging the child to go out on his or her own and create their own standards of achievement, I just believe over all our culture is too competitive in nature and thus we lack unity and patriotism and excel in envy, which all stems for our dire need to meet the conformity standards of our culture. I hope that makes sense.
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Because people are interested in other people and get their own identity by comparing themselves to others.
And it is not restricted to one culture.