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Though the general meaning of the poem “Opportunity” can be readily grasped, there are a few things to be aware of. Through a cursory reading, we know a battle is going on. We know a prince is getting the bad end of the deal. And we know that one of his fighters throws in the towel by breaking his sword and throwing it away, then slinks off to find the equivalent of the nearest safe Starbucks or pub. But after that general reading, let’s look more closely at a few distinctive words and lines.
First, the author launches the poem by saying he doesn’t know whether he actually saw this battle or dreamed it in a dream. But he establishes that he personally observed this battle and, therefore, is qualified to narrate the circumstances and events. But his narration deals with more than one person at different times, and in different places on the field, and he sees the battle as a whole. That being the case, he tells the story from an omniscient, or godlike point of view. He knows everything that’s going on.
But his observations are far from detached, as we see in his use of titles and adjectives. A prince is not only a person of royalty, but is a word used to describe a good guy, a “prince” of a fellow. The prince in
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“Opportunity” by Edward R. Sill (1841-1887)
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:–
There spread a cloud of dust along a plain;
And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged
A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords
Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner
Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes.
A craven hung along the battle’s edge,
And thought, “Had I a sword of keener steel–
That blue blade that the king’s son bears, — but this
Blunt thing–!” he snapped and flung it from his hand,
And lowering crept away and left the field.
Then came the king’s son, wounded, sore bestead,
And weaponless, and saw the broken sword,
Hilt-buried in the dry and trodden sand,
And ran and snatched it, and with battle shout
Lifted afresh he hewed his enemy down,
And saved a great cause that heroic day.
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