Question

synopis of pied piper of hamalin

Answer 1

This wonderful poem is perhaps most notable for its playfulness. It uses a delightful and simple rhyme scheme, and the length of each stanza varies so that the story's rhythm is constantly changing. Mostly, it follows the classic fairy tale of the Pied Piper, keeping to the same two morals. The first moral is: "If we've promised them ought, let us keep our promise." Simply put, a man ought to keep his word. When the Mayor and Corporation failed to deliver to the Pied Piper what he had earned, they were counting on their power and authority to save them from any retribution, but of course discovered the opposite to be true. The second moral appears in the penultimate stanza: "Heaven's gate/Opens to the rich at an easy rate/As the needle's eye takes a camel in!" A paraphrase of the Biblical verse that makes wealth and holiness mutually exclusive, this poem suggests that concerns with worldly goods – money and power – will pollute a person. Notice that, even before the Mayor and Corporation betray the Piper, their concern for the town does not flare up until the public threatens rebellion. Those who hired the Piper were solely concerned with material life, and their decisions ended up costing the entire town its happiness.