human
Strong writing, almost too strong; it is horrible, gruesome, uncanny, and yet most fascinating and highly ethical.... One of the greatest poems of the century, a permanent addition to English literature.... It is the best Lenten and Easter sermon of the year.
gpt
Many of the stanzas are cries out of the lowest hell. The poem, indeed, takes rank with the most extraordinary psychological phenomena of this or any time.
human
The work is one of singular power, holding the reader fascinated to the last line. Nothing approaching it in strength has been produced in recent years.
gpt
People who imagine themselves superior to the prisoners in jails should read this poem. People who love invasive laws should read this poem. People who think existing governmental methods of meeting social invasion civilized should read this poem. People who do not know that laws may make as well as punish crime should read this poem. In fact, everybody should read this poem. For somewhere it touches everybody, accuses everybody, appeals to everybody.
human
One of the most eloquent pleas for liberty ever written. Paine's 'Age of Reason' and 'Rights of Man' consolidated and improved. It stirs the pulse like a trumpet-call.