Thursday, September 30, 2010

How Effective is the poem’s title?

The poem's title is quite effective. She's saying that al of us humans are hounded by the world - perhaps, these are sins, sins of greed or something, that we all fall victim to. The vanities of the world. This is because she states that we're all plagued by the vanities of the world in our shallow worlds, fill our brains with materialistic possessions while we can be filling our heads with knowledge and creativity and the arts.
It's very true. The world hounds everyone. Conformity hounds us. Our brains must conform to fit in - we, as humans, are social animals and do not wish to be outcasts.
The title conveys the poem very well and is a clear cut description of the poem.

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