Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Pig Comments

Rating: 4.2

In England once there lived a big
And wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
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Roald Dahl
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Cui Gya 22 August 2023

It reminds me of another contemporary writer, George Orwell, and his book Animal Farm

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M. Asim Nehal 16 May 2023

By the time we realise the truth, it is too late. In haste we do things as the Pig did after finding his purpose. To panic is our basic quality. In haste we take wrong steps and eventually land into all sorts of troubles. I endorse the views expressed by Sreemoyee Banerjee

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M. Asim Nehal 16 May 2023

Then we work hard to earn name, fame and money and place in society, the very purpose for which we are sent on earth revolves around or goals, aims mostly set or guided by others, we become part of the RAT RACE. Cont...

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M. Asim Nehal 16 May 2023

We all interpret such poems in our own way. The purpose of life for individuals to find is very difficult. We study for first 15 years to understand the discipline and next 4-5 years to find our way to earn money and get finanicial secured.

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Humourous poem. At the same time, there is substance in the poem. One need to use one's brains I

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Dr Dillip K Swain 23 October 2022

A wonderful poem. I sincerely appreciate the brilliant comment of poetess Bharati.

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Bharati Nayak 23 October 2022

A great poem of humour and satire.The pig was too brainy.One fine day it discovers the selfish intentions of the owner and goes crazy.Before the farmer could kill him, the pig takes the first move and kills the farmer. Perhaps the pig was overthinking or may be his fears were real! ! !

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Bagel 03 April 2022

Very sorry for the pig

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Chinedu Dike 03 August 2021

Powerfully crafted artistic brilliance.....

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 November 2020

In England once there lived a big And wonderfully clever pig. To everybody it was plain That Piggy had a massive brain. ishall eat him irst

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Suryendu Chaudhury 23 September 2020

The tables turned, the order spurned, the hierarchy questioned and the order comes to end!

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L Milton Hankins 29 August 2020

This is a delightful poem made up of rhyming couplets. Interesting, the truth of it!

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Juliet Languedoc 26 July 2020

What a thing - that pig needed to live not be eaten he is oh no Let him live.

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Emma Rafferty 23 July 2020

Hey so funny hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha not

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who is this? ? ? ? 10 June 2020

Everyone has there own favourites Just take time to discover its..... Awesome and technical words A poem can be about anything, just like a bluebird!

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? ? ? ? ? ? Who am I 04 May 2020

A lot of people like TV, And they will disagree! But I like it UwU

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Kumarmani Mahakul 13 April 2020

He simply couldn't puzzle out What LIFE was really all about..........touching expression with outstanding conceptualization. It is really a marvelous poem created by Roald Dahl.

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Ethan 03 February 2020

I thought pig was about to be eaten by the farmer🤔

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Gayatri Phukan 20 December 2019

বহুত সুন্দৰ কবিতা ৷শুভকামনা জনালো

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 December 2019

I had a fairly powerful hunch 'That he might have me for his lunch. 'And so, because I feared the worst, 'I thought I'd better eat him first.' very fine poem. tony

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