The Man with the Hoe

by Edwin Markham

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The Man with the Hoe Questions and Answers

What is a summary of the poem "The Man with a Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

What is a paraphrase, in the form of a summary question, of each stanza of "The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

Who are the characters in the poem "The Man with the Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

What is the man's role supposed to be, as God envisioned it?

According to the speaker in "The Man With the Hoe," what is God's plan for man?

What two classes of people are mentioned in the poem?

What is the meaning of second stanza in "The Man with the Hoe?"

What is meant by the quotation "what to him / Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?" in "The Man with a Hoe" by Edwin Markham?

Explain the meaning of the expression "a brother to the ox" in "The Man with the Hoe."

What is the image of "The Man with the Hoe"?

How does the poet describe "The Man with the Hoe"?

Who is the modern man in "The Man with the Hoe"?

What is the meaning of the fifth stanza in "The Man with the Hoe"?

In "The Man with the Hoe," what is the meaning of a thing that grieves not and that never hopes?

What two classes of people are mentioned in "The Man with the Hoe"?

What is the message of the first stanza?

What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?

How does the society treat people like the man with the hoe?

What class of people does the man represent?

What anologies does the writer use to refer to the man with the hoe?

To whom is the poem "The Man with the Hoe" addressed?

Why is the laborer's protest also a prophecy? What characteristic is an ox known for? What is the tone of the poem?

As a child of the "future," how would you respond to the question "How will the Future reckon with this Man" as posed by the speaker in "The Man with the Hoe"?

What is the Markham's attitude toward the common man in his poem "The Man with the Hoe"?

In "The Man with the Hoe," whose breath blew out the light within his brain?

Analyze God’s plan, the causes of the man’s misery, and the condition of the poor in “The Man with the Hoe.”

Who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?

Who takes away the spirit of the man's life in "The Man With the Hoe"?

What is meant by the line "what to him are Plato and the swings of Plaeiades"?

What is the meaning of the phrase "monstrous thing distorted and soul-quenched" from "The Man with the Hoe"?

Can you give me a summary of "The Man with a Hoe"?

What is the difference between Edwin Markham's poem "The Man with the Hoe" and Shakespeare's Sonnet 29?

What are questions about the man with the hoe that the speaker raises?

How can I describe the man with the hoe from the painting?

What questions about the man does the speaker raise?