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b85115105
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What is the secret in the heart of the young poet?

Is it the thing which remains with human being untill the end of life? Is it the pure love?

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Posted by b85115105 on Monday June 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM and tagged with candida, eugene, heart, secret.

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  1. kc4u Teacher
    College - Senior

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    At the end of Shaw's 'Candida', the young poet leaves the middle-aged housewife to take care of her clergyman husband, and he steps out into the darkness of the night 'growing impatient'. It is here that Shaw refers to 'the mystery in the heart of the poet'.

    Does the secret relate to the love left hidden in the heart of the poet? To me, the 'mystery'/ secret is the creative passion with which the poet produces his work of art, a passion that makes the poet restless. Marchbanks faces the profound darkness; he seems to approximate the Creator, prior to the genesis of the world.

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    Posted by kc4u on Friday November 27, 2009 at 11:17 AM