Assisi (Stanza Two) - Norman MacCaig
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- assisi - stanza two
- 'a priest explained'
- heavy irony
- a man who is devoted to the teachings of God is unaffected by the beggar outside the church
- 'suffering' and 'goodness'
- he may be suffering but he has goodness in his heart
- 'I understood the explanation and the cleverness'
- MacCaig is annoyed at how the priest is so proud of his knowledge of the paintings but forgets the beggar outside
- 'how clever it was of Giotto to make his frescoes tell stories'
- the priest is impressed with the way God's teachings are portrayed in the paintings instead of practising what he preaches
- priceless paintings for a man who cared about others and not himself
- 'a priest explained'
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