Poems, I love to read poems. They are like short stories with deep meanings.
Scaffolding
by Seamus Heaney
Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
I have read so many great poems. Some are too long to fit here but click here to go to another great poem I really like. I hope you enjoy it too.
So what do you think this poem is saying? Why does he say that they have built "a wall" instead of, say, a building?
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