The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham is a powerful poem
commenting on the oppression of man inspired by Jean Francois Millet’s famous painting.
The artwork and the poem compliment each other nicely. The poem has to be analyzed
from the time period it was written from, the French Revolution. The word
choice in this poem is capturing, “the emptiness of ages in his face,” and “the
reddening of the rose,” are my two favorite lines. The poet enters a different
dimension in the second verse, which brings an ethereal element to the poem and
painting. This poem is a nice piece of history. Do some of the questions in the
poem pertain to today’s society?
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