A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes
A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes - meaning Summary
Longing to Be Heard
The poem sketches a small band of solitary, quarrelsome 'heroes' on a dark road who long to tell their stories before they "turn into gold." Their desire to be heard meets the thick, unresponsive night and fellow travelers who cannot or will not listen. The speaker broadens the appeal—crickets, army, children—suggesting universal isolation, the urge for confession, and a melancholic awareness of change, value, and mortality.
Read Complete AnalysesA bunch of lonesome and very quarrelsome heroes Were smoking out along the open road; The night was very dark and thick between them Each man beneath his ordinary load "I'd like to tell my story," Said one of them so young and bold "I'd like to tell my story Before I turn into gold." But no one really could hear him The night so dark and thick and green; Well I guess that these heroes must always live there Where you and I have only been Put out your cigarette, my love You've been alone too long; And some of us are so very hungry now To hear what it is you've done that was so wrong I sing this for the crickets I sing this for the army I sing this for your children And for all who do not need me "I'd like to tell my story," Said one of them so bold "Oh yes, I'd like to tell my story Cause you know I feel I'm turning into gold."
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