Can someone rewrite this poem
Poem #2
Chapter Heading
For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils' tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
‐Ernest Hemingway

Question

Can someone rewrite this poem
Poem #2
Chapter Heading
For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils' tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.
‐Ernest Hemingway

islandchick60 · Answer

rewrite the whole poem?

anonymous · Answer

yea i am having hard time understanding the whole poem so i dont know how to rewrite it

islandchick60 · Answer

this is basically saying that they lead a double life. one in the day one in the night. it is showing how they are not pleased by the "devil" that they dance with  they do his biding which is no their choice and so they dont like their choices

islandchick60 · Answer

i hope that helps

anonymous · Answer

how would i re-write the first three lines?

islandchick60 · Answer

line one= we have thought out every consequence
line two=but have chosen the easy/wrong/tricky way
line three=and have been very bad 
technically that is what it is saying

anonymous · Answer

oh okay thank you i think i can do the rest.

islandchick60 · Answer

no problem good luck