To Whom Should I

Speak Today?
Here is a poem by Thomas Eric Peet, an Egyptian poet which shows distrust of
fellowmen. It voices the idea that problems in human relations were as acute
then as they are now.
I.
To whom should I speak today?
Brothers are evil;
The friends of today love not.
II.
To whom should I speak today?
Brothers are evil;
The friends of today love not.
III.
To whom should I speak today?
The peaceful man is in evil case;
Good is cast aside everywhere.
VI.
To whom should I speak today?
The righteous are no more;
The land is given over to evil-doers.
 V.
 Towhom should I speak today?
 There is no heart of man
 Whereon one might lean.
 VI.
 To whom should I speak today?
 The righteous are no more;
 The land is given over to evil-doers.
 VII.
 To whom should I speak today?
 There is a lack of confidants;
 Men have recourse to a stranger to tell their troubles.
VIII.
To whom should I speak today?
I am laden with misery,
And am without a comforter.
Vocabulary:

 Plunder - take material from (artistic or academic work) for one's own
purposes.
 Laden- heavily loaded or weighed down.
 Covetous- having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging
to someone else.
 Confidants- a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting
them not to repeat it to others.
 Misery- a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or
affliction
 To Whom Shoud I Speak Today is written by Eric Peet. The poem tells
about someone who has been experiencing such sorrow ,yet ,he does not
know to whom should he speak, to whom should throw up all his regrets,
to whom should he confine himself for the brutal acts he had done
before.he cnsiders evryone as brothers but the irony is that these
brothers does the otherwise from what a brother normally does. And that
love dos not exist anymore among his former fellows. He had also suggests
from the poem that many fellow today ransacks each of his fellow's life,
and there no place for such brotherly love. Love has faded away and what
is left is brutality. He also adds that men do not as they were done by
nowadays, this implies that people change over a period of time but this
change is unlikely for the better and thus, sugests the otherwise.
Moreover, he expresses that most of the people are not to be trusted
with. And that everyone cannot be relied , and we cannot hold or lean on
to anybody in this time. And a 'righteous' fellow does not exist anymore,
and what lives in their land are evil doers. And on the last part he
suggests that sorrows are to be said betterly to a stranger. He considers
strangers as his avenue for his discomforts to breath out and release.
 From the poem, I could say that there is always a time that
everybody Is caught between depression and inner conflict from
within. People in different walks of life have different struggles.
And what we should always expect from the different chapters of
our life. We may have comrades as we begin our journey and
sometimes we have to realize that there are certain people who
are meant to stay in our hearts but not in our lives. This implies
that people are not always be relied on, perhaps, be somehow
trusted, but this could not endure forever. Like any other people,
he experienced loneliness, betrayal, misery, and other negative
feelings that one would experience in a war, and so we do. We are
often stuggling with an inner battle, and sometimes we are left in
the warzone with no one to trust with. We do not know who are
our allies, and we do not what would happen next. The only thing
we can do is internalization- a reflection of what are through.
However, the poem suggests that is likely better to confine your
discomforts to strangers
 Explanations:
 There is always a time that everybody is caught between
depression and inner conflict from within. People in
different walks of life have different struggles. And what
we should always expect from the different chapters of our
life.
 The constant repetition of to whom should I speak today, is
method of foregrounding and he wants to give an emphasis
to that idea. The latter statement gives the conclusion that
the speaker's soul is in between anger and depression. The
words he used are simple, yet, suggest a deep thought that
could let every reader feel the way he feels though his
emotions were not provocatively expressed.
 Admit it or not, there are times that we are thinking that we
do not have anyone to talk to - it's either because we had a
misunderstanding towards another person or we committed
mistakes. There are also instances that we do not know to
whom should we speak each day because we face different
people including our friends - but there are still times that
we do not know who they really are and we don't even know
if we had to talk to them because we have doubt.
 Just think of this, we choose to whom we will share our
secrets, we choose to whom we can ask for advice and they
aren't the same person. People have hardships on thinking
to whom should they speak today because we are lacking of
trust; of honesty and even of faith.
 It's better to be vocal but not that much, we must know the
limits and check if it's the right place and the right time to
talk to. We talk not having the intention to hurt others
feeling but to give solutions and opinions in certain topic. If
you had a problem with someone - speak up. open up, don't
let your feelings be a barrier to solve certain issues. Then,
don't tell a lie. Telling a lie to save others for a moment is
leading to more complicated issues and it will get harder to
solve. We have two ears to listen and one mouth to speak.
just speak with a thought and know to whom you should
speak.
Questions:
How did the author describe the story?
What is the main problem in the story? How
did/do you think it would/will be solved?
What are some interesting words, phrases, and
sentences about the poem?
Did the author keep you interested? Why or why
not?
What is the lesson about the poem?
Do any of the characters remind you of someone
in real life?
Have you had similar experiences?