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Revelatio n

Revelatio n. By Nigel McPherson. First Stanza. We make/ ourselves/ a place/ a/part Behind/ light words/ that tease/ and flout/, But oh/, the a/ gitat / ed heart/ Till some/one find/ us re/ally out/. Meaning.

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Revelatio n

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  1. Revelation By Nigel McPherson

  2. First Stanza • We make/ ourselves/ a place/ a/part • Behind/ light words/ that tease/ and flout/, • But oh/, the a/gitat/ed heart/ • Till some/one find/ us re/ally out/.

  3. Meaning • He says "behind light words that tease and flout". He paints the picture that people who lie about who they really are disguise their true image with lies or "light words that tease". These lies tend to deceive, or tease. He also goes on to say that "But, oh, the agitated hear, till someone really finds us out." In this phrase he is basically saying, people tend to believe your story, until they find out otherwise, and in most cases, the liar loses a lot of respect.

  4. Second Stanza • 'Tis pi/ty if/ the case/ require/ • (Or so/ we say/) that in/ the end/ • We speak/ the lit/eral/ to inspire/ • The und/erstand/ing of/ a friend/.

  5. Meaning "We speak the literal to inspire, the understanding of a friend." This further defines Frost's point of lying to make some one think that you are something you are not. But after all of the deception and lying, in the end of the poem, Frost wants to the reader to "see the light".

  6. Final Stanza • But so/ with all/, from babes/ that play/ • At hide/-and-seek/ to God/ afar, • So all/ who hide/ too well/ away/ • Must speak/ and tell/ us where/ they are/.

  7. Meaning • He says, "So all who hide to well away, must speak and tell us where they are." To close out the poem, Frost's message is, don't make it seem like you are something your not. Just be you. The real you (the one who "hides too well away") must come out. The liar must stop lying, and find the real "them". Frost says that the "inner you" must speak and tell us where it is.

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