Jeremiah 15th, Ch 10 V
written in 1786
Jeremiah 15th, Ch 10 V - meaning Summary
Alienation and Social Scorn
The speaker laments social isolation and economic misfortune. He presents himself as a quarrelsome son whom society rejects: neither lenders nor borrowers will trust him, and he is "quite discarded" by Fortune. The poem compresses grievance into everyday details—credit, reputation, and public scorn—to show how poverty and ill repute reinforce one another. The voice is direct and plaintive, alternating wounded complaint with wry resignation as even young people insult him. Overall it portrays a small, personal catastrophe of exclusion rather than an abstract moral lesson.
Read Complete AnalysesAh, woe is me, my Mother dear! A man of strife ye've born me: For sair contention I maun bear, They hate, revile and scorn me. I ne'er could lend on bill or band, That five per cent might blest me; And borrowing, on the tither hand, The de'il a ane wad trust me. Yet I, a coin-denied wight, By Fortune quite discarded, Ye see how I am, day and night, By lad and lass blackguarded.
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