Comments on: Marigolds — 2

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:10:02 +0000

one of the concepts is that is the boy that shot the bird felt really guilt. two events are that. the boy had shot the bird and eilabeth had destroyed the flowers. a theme is they felt really guilty for what they have done

By: Josh Macks (P.S> Accidentally posted the one above, sorry)

Josh Macks (P.S> Accidentally posted the one above, sorry) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:27:23 +0000

When the boy in “Forgive My Guilt” shot the birds, destroying their wings it ended up killing them. This is relevant to what Lizabeth did to Miss Lottie by destroying her marigolds. By destroying them it crippled her, making her a sad old woman. It is also similar in the fact the it changed the sinner. In “Marigolds”, it turned Lizabeth into an woman instead of a girl, and in “Forgive My Guilt”, it taught the boy guilt.

By: Meagan Collins

Meagan Collins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:49:56 +0000

The poem, “Forgive My Guilt” by Robert P. Tristram Coffin relates to the story, “Maigolds” in a few ways. First off, both the narrator of the poem and Lizabeth did something and afterwards felt guilty about it and were reminded of it many times prior to the event. Also, Lizabeth and the narrator did something for no reason, just impulsively. The poem and story both have one theme being, Once you do something, you can’t take it back. Both main characters of the poem and story ruined their innocence,at the events they did.

By: Callum A

Callum A — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:47:02 +0000

The poem “Forgive My Guilt” is in several ways similar to “Marigolds”. In both pieces there is a child who does something wrong and feels guilty about it for the rest of their lives. In “Forgive My Guilt”, the boy wounds a bird, and condemns it to a torturous death. “But I have hoped for years all that is wild, / Airy and beautiful will forgive my guilt.” In short, he destroys the bird. In “Marigolds”, Lizabeth also destroys something. She destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds that she worked so hard to nurture and protect. “Yet, there are times when the image of those passionate yellow mounds returns with a painful poignancy.” There is an underlying theme in both pieces about guilt.

By: Maggie V

Maggie V — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:17:39 +0000

The storys are alike is some ways. This peom is like the story in one way because they boy had guilt for what he did to the birds just like Lizabeth had guilt for taking out the garden. Also in the boy never say the birds again just like Lizabeth did not see the old house again. They both have very similar concepts and themes.

By: Chris Bankston

Chris Bankston — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:20:16 +0000

Something that happened in the poem that related to the story Marigolds is that the main character of the poem was like Lizabeth in the fact that they both did something that could not be undone. In Marigolds Lizabeth ripped up and pulled out all of Miss Lottie’s marigolds.That gratuitous action scarred Miss Lottie because it was a major part of her llife that could not be fixed. Likewise the character in the poem broke the wings of those birds, but the birds got away before he could put them out of their misery. It was a complete mistake but because of that mistake the birds would never again be able to experience the thrill of flying again. That shows that these two conflicts are one in the same.

By: Justin P.

Justin P. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:57:18 +0000

There are some similarities between the poem “Forgive My guilt” and the story “Marigolds”. One similarity is how Lizabeth went out against Miss Lottie in anger. This is similar to how the character in the poem shot the bird and it went down and couldnt fly. Another similarity is the birds eventually died and nothing else to live for. This is similar to how Miss Lottie passed away after the kids messed with her. One more similarity is how Lizabeth felt bad after what she had done. The character in the poem felt bad after he shot the birds.

By: ArabiaL

ArabiaL — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:52:48 +0000

In the poem, a young boy shoots a bird in the wing with out thinking. After he shot it he felt really guilty. This is just like in the story Marigolds, when Lizabeth destroys Miss Lottie’s marigolds and afterwards fell really guilty. Another thing they have alike is when either character remembers that memory they still feel the guilt. So these stories are trying to tell you that think about what you do before you do it or you might end up feeling guilty for it for ever.

By: Imani Thomas

Imani Thomas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:50:21 +0000

The poem Forgive My Guilt by Robert P. Tristram Coffin relates to the story Marigolds because the main characters in the story and poem both feel a deep contrition about what they did. Whether it was killing poor little birds or uprooted a beautiful bed of marigolds. In Forgive My Guilt and in Marigolds both of the characters wanted their guilt’s to be forgiven by the ones that they hurt the most. Lizabeth wanted all while Miss Lottie was alive (before she died) to plant more marigolds so Lizabeth wouldn’t feel so bad about ruining them just as the young boy in Forgive My Guilt hoped that the wild and airy beautiful will forgive his guilt. The main thing that mainly connects these two pieces of writing was the order of events. In each story the character both knew what they were going to do and they felt no regret until after they did it.

By: Mariana S.

Mariana S. — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:48:25 +0000

Forgive My Guilt by Robert P. Tristram Coffin has many events, concepts or themes that relate to the story Marigolds. The concept of Marigolds is guilt and so is the poem Forgive My Guilt. When Lizabeth destroyed Miss Lottie’s marigolds she immediately felt remorseful and guilty which was also similar how the boy felt when he shot the wings of the two birds. The concept of guiltiness and the sought of forgiveness are found in both Marigolds and Forgive My Guilt. For example Lizabeth says at the end of the story “yet there are times when the image of those passionate yellow mounds returns with a painful poignancy”. Also the last stanza of Forgive My Guilt the boy says “Airy, and beautiful will forgive my guilt”. These are the reasons why I think Forgive My Guilt has many events, concepts or themes that relate to the story Marigolds.