{"product_id":"cui-bono-poem-by-thomas-carlyle-typography-print","title":"Cui Bono Poem By Thomas Carlyle, Typography Print","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCui Bono Poem By Thomas Carlyle\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat is Hope? A smiling rainbow\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      Children follow through the wet;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e’Tis not here, still yonder, yonder:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      Never urchin found it yet.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat is Life? A thawing iceboard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      On a sea with sunny shore;—\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGay we sail; it melts beneath us;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      We are sunk, and seen no more.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat is Man? A foolish baby,\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      Vainly strives, and fights, and frets;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDemanding all, deserving nothing;—\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e      One small grave is what he gets.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThomas Carlyle’s \"Cui Bono\" is a pessimistic, sardonic poem questioning the ultimate value of hope, life, and human ambition, concluding that all efforts are transient and end in death. Its Latin title, meaning \"Who benefits?\" or \"To whose advantage?\", sets an ironic tone, suggesting that no one truly gains from life's inherent struggle and vanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Themes and Analysis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Illusion of Hope: The first stanza calls hope a \"smiling rainbow\" that children vainly chase through rain but never reach.\u003cbr\u003eThe Transience of Life: Life is described as a \"thawing iceboard\" (an ice floe) on a sunny sea—it melts away just as we are enjoying it, leading to inevitable death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Vanity of Man\u003c\/strong\u003e: Humans are depicted as \"foolish bab[ies]\" who struggle, fight, and \"fret,\" demanding much but deserving nothing, ultimately getting only a \"small grave\".\u003cbr\u003eTone: The poem uses a simple, almost childish rhyme scheme (ABAB) to deliver a dark, nihilistic message, highlighting the futility of seeking purpose in an indifferent universe. \u003cbr\u003eThe poem, which asks, \"What is Hope? A smiling rainbow \/ Children follow through the wet,\" is a brief meditation on the futility of human endeavors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in a style that contrasts with the intense, duty-bound philosophy often found in his later prose, \"Cui Bono\" reflects a moment of deep existential skepticism. It aligns with a, perhaps, nihilistic interpretation of the Latin maxim often used to identify the culprits of a crime by asking who stands to profit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSelect from a range of colours and print sizes. 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