10: Tis the refuge of the poor to bear his mother's wit. And it is better than all the wealth in the world

You quite literally said “you did not” when he said “I provided a great couple of stanzas”

Are you following? good

Ok, and what do you feel that says?

Let’s see if you can follow

Lol she said you didn't provide stanzas that make the point you're trying to make, not that you didn't provide stanzas at all

You guys are pretty dumb

Or trolling?

I want you to try to type in plain English what you think that stanza is saying

It's explicitly said. Mother's wit: natural ability to cope with everyday matters; common sense.

No, he’s a legit anti-Semite

And that it is better than all of the world's wealth

Mhm, and what is it saying about a mother’s wit?

Correct

Now

Mother's wit: natural ability to cope with everyday matters; common sense.

What part of that suggests that wealth is unclean

having a loving wife is nice, doesn't mean having a ferrari isn't awesome

If you were arguing Christianity you would have a point- wealth is definitely unclean in Christianity

For Norse paganism it’s an absolutely absurd claim

That material wealth is less important than caring for your own. Now apply the inverse, that would make gold very valuable and a desirable objective

Ah so

Which is not in this poem

The actual point of the poem

The entire conceit

Is that everyone ready knows that wealth is good

So what the author is doing

Where does it explicitly say that wealth is good?

That's your claim now

something can be worth more without somethign else being a negative

I want evidence for that

Is saying “actually, here’s a bunch of things that are better! A mother’s wit, a friend’s love”

my mom is dead, i wish I could bring her back and would give up all my money to do it, but ideally, i'd like both

This is implicit

This is the point of the poem

It’s the entire reason it’s written

Yea I found it

He’s listing off the simple joys of life

andvaranaut

And saying look, these things are better than wealth

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