Friendship IXX
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Khalil Gibran
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Khalil Gibran
Analysis:
This poem suggest that friends are the ones we must show warmth to. If is evident from 'And he is your board and your fireside. '. This shows that our friends are our support and they being our 'fireside' shows that we must give them warmth for warmth in return. Therefore, friends are some special people where we express our warmth to.
This poem also suggests that friends are people who can help you carry your burdens. It is evident from 'and you seek him for peace.'. This shows that when you are angry, sad or contain negative feelings, friends are a good example of people you can talk to. Therefore, friends help you to carry your burdens.
This poem also tells me that friends are people who undergo the situation you are also in. It is evident from ' in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter'. This shows that friends are the people who you can share you secrets with. To cry with, to weep with, to suffer with, to prosper with.
Done by Matthew Ling Fang Yee
This poem also suggests that friends are people who can help you carry your burdens. It is evident from 'and you seek him for peace.'. This shows that when you are angry, sad or contain negative feelings, friends are a good example of people you can talk to. Therefore, friends help you to carry your burdens.
This poem also tells me that friends are people who undergo the situation you are also in. It is evident from ' in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter'. This shows that friends are the people who you can share you secrets with. To cry with, to weep with, to suffer with, to prosper with.
Done by Matthew Ling Fang Yee
This is a better response, with an attempt to show how the ideas of reciprocity in a friendship is presented to the reader.
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