The mind is quick to turn
Away from simple faith
To the cant and fury of
Fools who will never learn;
Reason embraces death,
While out of frightened eyes
Still stares the wish of love.
Theodore Roethke Lull
What I enjoy most about this poem is the simplicity of it. Roethke puts what would be two sentences into poetic form. The first thing I noticed is that each line has 6 syllables. The words flow off your tongue when it is read. Roethke did an excellent job of relaying the message that all people can sometimes be distracted by what others say when love is right in front of them. With the way it is line breaked I think that more thought goes into what the poem is actually trying to say.
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