Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - E titiro ana a David V. Erdman ki te waiata mai i tētahi tirohanga tōrangapū, e pānui ana i roto i te mārama o te tīmatanga o te French Revolution i Hōngongoi 1789, me te Storming o te Bastille
He aha? E whakapono ana ia ko te waiata e pa ana ki a Parani i mua i te hurihanga me te Ingarangi "kore-hurihuri", i te mea he nui ake te awangawanga o te iwi ki te haurangi o George III i whakaatuhia i mua tata nei, kaua ki te whakatika i nga he o te hapori, i kite a Blake i a raatau; "i Parani i akiaki te iwi i roto i te nekehanga i te Kingi ki te whakangahau i tana hopu i te wairua. I Ingarangi, kua ngoikore te mana o te kingi engari kaore he mea hei mahi ma te iwi engari me tatari me te tiro [...] i te wa i whakanuihia ai te whakaoranga o te Kingi, i mua noa atu, i te Poutu-te-rangi 1789, "te koa" he mana ano. I reira nga nekehanga a te iwi, engari ki te kore te patu tata ki raro o nga kaitoi o Ranana mo te ra mahi poto, he nui te tangata, he karakia ranei i roto i te aronga, a kaore i te tikanga o te hurihanga". Kei te whakaaro ano ia ko te waiata e pa ana ki "te pakaru o roto o te rerenga", ka kitea he kaupapa torangapu i roto i te korero whakamutunga a Tiriel, e kiia ana e ia he mea whakaaweawe na Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Emile, or On Education".