What is the image of the man with the hoe?

The Man with the Hoe Markhams poem describes a hopeless laborer who is treated more like
a beast than a human being.

How does the poet describe him?

The poet describes the man with the hoe as a pitiful and pitiable figure. He is bowed down 'with
the weight of centuries' and carries the 'burden of the world' on his back. Continuous, crushing labor has
so dehumanized the farmer that he has become a 'thing that grieves not and that never hopes.'
Furthermore, there seems to be no vehicle for his voice to be heard.

What is meant by the quotation "what to him / Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades?"

In this complex stanza, points are being made in reference to a Biblical allusion to Psalm 8:5:
"You have made [humans] a little lower than the Angels and crowned [humans] with glory and honor"
(Psalm 8:5). To describe laborers

What does the bent body of the man with the hoe signify?

The bent body of the man in the poem "The Man with the Hoe" signifies the crushing labor the
working man must carry out to survive. The weight that bends his body symbolizes "the weight of the
centuries," or the burden that humans have long had to toil constantly to grow food and endure. This
burden has made the man "dead to rapture and despair," meaning the man can't even feel joy or pain
because...

According to the poet, who is responsible for the condition or state of the man with the hoe?

The man with the hoe represents all the working men who have been burdened, abused, and
misused...

As a child of the future how would you respond to the question, How will the future reckon with
this man? Posed by the persona?

Thenif you are given a chance to be on a higher class then you should respect the lower class
and treat them equally because we are all humans with pride and dignity.

Who are the modern man with the hoe?

If we viewed this piece in the context of politics: Those people who are not equally treated by
the higher rank of officials in the government, or webecause we experience unfair treatment and
injustice rule of government, we consider ourselves as the modern Man with the Hoe. Or those people
who are not equally treated by the high class!