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Commentary: The poem, "The Cyclist", by Louis MacNiece is a set about an insightful analogy on life. The poem is full of vivid imagery and beauty that conjures up delightful memories, and an overriding feeling of freedom. Through the poem MacNiece reminds us that we must truly treasure the brief but special moments of our childhood and life. MacNiece, through the poem, expresses "life" as a single sentence. His analogy is that life is a sentence, "the main sentence" represents our mechanical everyday 'work' life but between "the main sentence", between the "horizon's brackets" there lies our free time and leisure. However these brackets are only "five minutes" of our life, these moments are scarce, just as this boy's summer will pass so quickly by. So, from this we feel that the poet is telling us, life is short, grasp the sweet golden moments while you can, live in the "brackets". The image...

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