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Need help with this poem 'Saint Judas' by James Wright!?

When I went out to kill myself, I caught

A pack of hoodlums beating up a man.

Running to spare his suffering, I forgot

My name, my number, how my day began,

How soldiers milled around the garden stone

And sang amusing songs; how all that day

Their javelins measured crowds; how I alone

Bargained the proper coins and slipped away.

Banished from heaven, I found this victim to be beaten,

Stripped, kneed, and left to cry. Dropping my rope

Aside, I ran, ignored the uniforms:

Then I remembered bread my flesh had eaten,

The kiss that ate my flesh. Flayed without hope,

I held the man for nothing in my arms.

Q1) In terms of the poem, why is Judas a saint? Be sure to use evidence in the poem to explain your thinking.

Q2) What is the implied message of this poem?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Q1) Judas is a man because he saves another man's life, which if he wished he couldn't have done.

    Q2) The message implied in the poem is that we should help others.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    confusing problem seek onto the search engines that could actually help

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