No Sense

[Alexander III]

There aint no sense

[hillwalker]

Simple - but far from sweet.

The short, almost nursery-rhyme repetition of the opening lines is in stark contrast to the desperate message.

Food for thought - the song of a troubled spirit I guess.

H

[Il Dante]

This is an unhappy poem.

[MorpheusSandman]

Short but quite devastating. This must be the motto of every nihilistic pessimist!

[Hawkman]

Its certainly pithy, but as has been previously stated, not very jolly. It could be the mantra of a coffee-shop misanthrope, but I hope it isn't.

[Alexander III]

wow everyone seems to see this poem as highly macabre :O

The poem to me seemed rather neutral as in there is no sense in it all, but there is a beauty to it, almost a calming beauty as a gentle sun set over the shore.

Ahh but thats the beauty of poems an interpretation is unique to the reader.

[PrinceMyshkin]

I'm intrigued, or puzzled, by your use of "ain't," mock hillbilly language, as if to undermine the depth of the speaker's apparent pessimism. If you really meant all this, why haven't you used the more adult, more literate "There is no sense" or "There's no sense"?

[Alexander III]

I preferred using vernacular language, to establish the voice of a realistic speaker, so the poem is heard not read.

[blazeofglory]

I like the poem and though simple there is a message that moved me

[PrinceMyshkin]

I preferred using vernacular language, to establish the voice of a realistic speaker, so the poem is heard not read.

But the use of vernacular here kind of opens up to the questions of what other regional or biographical influences might be at work on this guy? If the poem had been written in standard English, the speaker would be perceived as the "Everyman" each of us is when we put out authoritative statements about reality.

[Buh4Bee]

I just responded to a poem that has a similar structure to this one in the way the first line of each stanza repeats. It is a nice way to structure a simple poem.

As for the subject content- I interpreted it as someone thinking about life out loud. Not sure what the forgotten dream is, but it fits well with the somber tone.

[Alexander III]

Life is the forgotten dream :)

[Bar22do]

There aint no sense
In my being born alone

There aint no sense
In my dying alone

There aint no sense
In all that's in-between

There aint no sense
In this forgotten dream...

So you say there aint no sense in nothing? no one? and if there is, where is it? what is it?.... and if life is a forgotten dream, what is that we remember...
with all these questions in my mind, I salute you, click my heels and hope you understand that I enjoyed this poem a lot! Bst rgds - Bar

[Buh4Bee]

life is the forgotten dream :)

righty oh!