Question

summary of the poem circus by CJ dennis

Answer 1

The poem's main idea which Dennis wants to deliver is: "Seizing the opportunity". He stresses that one should not postpone any today's work till tomorrow; whenever there is an opportunity, we should take the initiative to benifit from it.

Answer 2

The central concept of CJ Dennis's poem "The Circus" is Carpe Diem. Its mean "seize the day".

Circus is excited with the tension, while the speaker can bring his joy to the city while having a circus, it seems that the speaker has already seen the circus, because his questions are being directed towards the events indicated by random audiences and know in circus.