Friday, April 10, 2015

i want a new ,different and appropriate ending for the poem frog and the nightingale in which nightingale is justified as a gullible creature.

This
is the original ending to the
poem:

"Said the frog:
"I tried to teach
her,
But she was a stupid creature

-
Far too nervous, far too tense.
Far too prone
to
influence
.
Well, poor bird - she
should have
known

That your song must
be your
own
.
That's why I sing with panache: />"Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash!
ko-ash! "
And the foghorn of the
frog
Blared unrivalled through the
bog."


I cannot understand why you wish for an ending

in which the "nightingale is justified as a gullible creature", since the ending
above
more than supports that idea. The frog states that "she was a stupid
creature ..." and
"Far too prone to influence".

These
statements prove that the
nightingale was gullible. She trusted the frog too
easily and took him at his word, believing
everything he said and even
feeling flattered that he, such an 'iconic' figure, should take an
interest
in her and agree to help her improve her skill.

The frog
suggests
that she should have had more confidence in her abilities and should
not have allowed herself to
be so easily misled: '... she should have known
that your song must be your own."


Maybe you could replace
the word "stupid" in the original version with
"gullible" - which would
obviously make it clear that she was naive.


As a
suggestion, the poem could end as follows, which would, I hope, clarify the

matter:

"Said the frog, "In
my
attempts to teach her,

I
found her a most
gullible creature.


She believed everything I

said, 

and because of that, she now
is
dead.

The sad truth is,
she should have
known

that
everything you believe must be your
own.
"


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