Being one of most famous Canadian poets, Irving Layton wrote the poem "The Human Cry" in order to honor the past. In addition, he literarily stated the human nature that people express themselves freely when then are young, tend to hide or romanticize their true feelings as growing up, but eventually let their emotions run freely after going through life. This poem is mostly featured at its catching form and the deliberated plot underlying. This …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…are depicting a similar event and have a same character. The plot of this poem contrast the content of a stanza with that of another one while create two contradicting images, and makes the entire poem more effective in expressing its meaning. The poem "The Human Cry" is very impressive due to its unique and deliberated designed form, underlying plot and the images that it creates, and therefore it is a successful and meaningful poem.