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There is something about acknowledging the neutral fact of "circumstance" in individual fate that keeps the poem from seeming to judge anyone involved in the scenario too harshly. That howl is for all involved: Maw Paw, Law, and Art!
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Nemo, thanks for articulating my exact feelings better than I could have done. What that word also does is trivialises the whole situation, says to the boy 'there's no good reason why you suffer, and nor should you'.