GI Jane

[patc7641]

Bit odd I know, but in the movie GI Jane, one of the sargeants make a reference to a bird on a wire freezing or something, and not asking for pity or soemthing, sorry I havent seen it for a while,does anyone know what Im on about? and who the poem is by?

[kempie]

"Self Pity" by D. H. Lawrence.

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Some thoughts on the poem here.

[patc7641]

Thanks Kempie, that was driving me mad.

[BreezingThru]

DH and not TE Lawrence? What an opportunity missed. I'm surprised, Riddley Scott should know better. If ever a sadomasochist would quote TE, it would be the character Viggo played.