Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" was inspired by the painting L'homme à la Houe by Jean-François Millet, which depicts just what the title says: a man with a hoe. But of course it is not just a simple depiction of a peasant man bent over a rustic farming tool. The first stanza of the five-stanza poem begins with a brief description of the man with the hoe: Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the...
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Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" was inspired by the painting...
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What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?
What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?
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The bent body of the man with the hoe signifies that he is one of a...
The bent body of the man with the hoe signifies that he is one of a multitude who have labored beyond their strength to support the whims and desires of 'masters, lords and rulers in all lands.' He is described as 'Stolid and stunned, a brother to the ox.' His labors have been appropriated to sustain the 'world's blind greed.' His back is 'bowed by the weight of centuries,' signifying that he represents all the multitude of burdened,...
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What is the difference between Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the...
What is the difference between Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" and Shakespeare's Sonnet 29?
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What two classes of people are mentioned in the poem?
What two classes of people are mentioned in the poem?
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Both Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" and Shakespeare's...
Both Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" and Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 speak of mankind's agony when he is in a state of suffering and strife. Yet, one difference is that Markham's poem speaks more fluently on the state of being enslaved to labor, possibly even literally of the state of slavery, whereas Shakespeare's poem only speaks of having an impoverished fate. It also ends on a happier note.Though he grew up in a free state, Charles...
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In Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" the two social classes of...
In Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" the two social classes of people mentioned are the labor class and the land-owning/ruling class. The central conceit of the poem is that the man depicted with a hoe has been reduced to an unthinking, unreflective animal state that is far removed from his natural or intended noble state as a human being. The farm laborer is called the "Slave of the wheel of labor" in the poem. "What gulfs between...
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What is the image of the man with a hoe?
What is the image of the man with a hoe?
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There are two answers to this question--two related answers, that is....
There are two answers to this question--two related answers, that is. The first is that in this poem Edwin Markham is responding to a painting: “L’homme à la houe” by Jean-François Millet, which means "man with a hoe." You can see this image at the Getty Museum, or via its website. (There's a link below.) In that original painting, you can see that the man with the hoe is tired. He's using the hoe, but he's also leaning on it. His...
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To whom is the poem "The Man with the Hoe" addressed?
To whom is the poem "The Man with the Hoe" addressed?
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Who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?
Who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?
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“The Man With the Hoe” has two audiences, and throughout the poem...
“The Man With the Hoe” has two audiences, and throughout the poem poet Edwin Markham shifts smoothly from one to the other. The first audience is anyone, or more specifically, anyone who is walking through the museum where the painting hangs. You might imagine an informed viewer or a professional museum scholar guiding you want to look at in the painting. The second audience is much more specific and political. Markham explicitly indicates...
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"The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham was triggered by a painting of...
"The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham was triggered by a painting of the same name, by Jean-Francois Millet, and I have included a link to the painting, so you can see what a vivid representation of the painting this poem is. However, the poem has far deeper meaning than as a description of the painting. The man with the hoe represents all the working men who have been burdened, abused, and misused by the power and greed of the wealthy,...
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Who is the modern man in "The Man with the Hoe"?
Who is the modern man in "The Man with the Hoe"?
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I am assuming that you are asking about Edwin Markham's poem, which is...
I am assuming that you are asking about Edwin Markham's poem, which is based on a painting with the same title. The man in the poem is clearly meant to be a man for all time, representing ancient workers, workers at the time of the publication of the poem, which was in the late 1890s, and workers to this day. In the modern world, there are people all over the world, men and women, who continue to carry "the burden of the world" (line 4),...
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What is the difference between Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the...
What is the difference between Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" and Shakespeare's Sonnet 29?
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What two classes of people are mentioned in the poem?
What two classes of people are mentioned in the poem?
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What is the image of the man with a hoe?
What is the image of the man with a hoe?
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To whom is the poem "The Man with the Hoe" addressed?
To whom is the poem "The Man with the Hoe" addressed?
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Who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?
Who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?
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