Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 9 AIL 0816 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"With What I Most Enjoy Contented Least"
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The idea
Line eight closes the complaint on a paradox: he is least contented with what he most enjoys. Unit seven defined paradox as a seeming contradiction that resolves. Here it marks the bottom of the poem, and a turn has to follow because the position cannot develop further.
In practice
The bottom of the poem.
Where people slip
A paradox marks the lowest point.
Your place on the trail
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