"PRETTY ugly''
By lily evans
@lilianharp (168)
November 17, 2020 6:44am CST
This poem was in my head for so long, it's just so deep, first, you read it from up to down and then from down to up, which has a completely different meaning, I guess it shows two perspectives. If read from top to bottom this piece expresses a speaker’s belief that they are too ugly to find love or happiness. They don’t believe that any beauty inside of them is worth anything. If read from bottom to top, the exact opposite is true. The speaker knows they are beautiful and no one can tell them anything different.
What do you think about this poem?
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
17 Nov 20
@lilianharp
When I read it from the top down I found it very very sad. When I started to read it from the bottom up it seemed like some hope in it. I got the feeling from the top down that the person really hated themselves and felt they did not deserve love at all. The hope I saw was that maybe they did have some beauty inside them.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
17 Nov 20
@lilianharp
I found it very sad and reading it the other way around I found hope in it.
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@lilianharp (168)
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17 Nov 20
I'm happy you liked it 
, it just that you should always remember your worth no matter what the situation is, or what others think of you
, it just that you should always remember your worth no matter what the situation is, or what others think of you2 people like this
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
17 Nov 20
Very interesting. First I find it so heartbroken but when you read it again from bottom to up. The person who wrote that believes that there is still beauty inside him.
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@lilianharp (168)
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17 Nov 20
yeah, and in a completely different way, the message he wants to convey is there is always beauty in you, you might not see it for a while but it's not always about outer beauty, inner beauty is more important that makes you a better person.
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@lilianharp (168)
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17 Nov 20
yes, it's amazing how you can read both upward and downward and it has a completely different meaning.
at the end of the day, one must remember and believe in the beauty that resides inside them.
@lilianharp (168)
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19 Nov 20
glad that you liked it, the poet's name is Abdullah Shoaib
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