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    How do poems illuminate the past for us?

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      Sometimes they illuminate the past, by offering insight into the typical usage of certain words during the era the poem was wrote. I say this, as the common usage of words evolve as time goes on, and the meaning of words change over time.

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        It also gives one perspective of the era 


        in which the poet/poetess lived. It may 


        help to give a "feeling" for the time in 


        which the poem was composed. 


        Here's an example, from one of my 


        favourite poems...


        http://www.potw.org/archive/potw85.html

        13 years ago. Rating: 2
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