It works well alongside Good King Wenceslas in a reading group, and I usually find that although King John is ‘not a good man', people feel affection for him and connect to something in this poem, perhaps his resilient hopefulness or the real anxiety which ‘bedews his brow', or more likely the authentic lurching between these two states. Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 11 April 1890) was an English entertainer and poet, who became famous as The Elephant Man. As a young man, then, moved by poetry, feeling its possibilities. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give. Yet I had always felt that poem a true measure of an ability to love, and possibly it is.
I remember wanting a ‘big, red india-rubber ball' myself after reading this, and feeling quite sorry for King John hanging his ‘hopeful stocking' out. The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. I love the rhythm of the poem, which seems to gather pace as you read it. She quit her law position and came out here to write for Next Generation, and served as story editor. Nor what was his church, nor what was his creed Not, what did he gain, but what did he give. Is a measure of how much youll be missed. It's a bit of fun that takes me back my childhood, when my mother read this to me. The true measure of a man is contained within the way he treats the friends that are choosing to be in his life. Chosen by Katie Peters, Project Worker, Get Into Reading
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