tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post8071040480666007737..comments2023-09-09T06:37:15.428-04:00Comments on Wordcarving: AgesJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596370319291639929noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-59643171585415078642007-02-12T07:12:00.000-05:002007-02-12T07:12:00.000-05:00Powerful poem, John and so very true.Powerful poem, John and so very true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-63243450588259574562007-02-11T14:51:00.000-05:002007-02-11T14:51:00.000-05:00Shameless, yes, the pattern is broken in the last ...Shameless, yes, the pattern is broken in the last stanza, as a way of inviting the paradigm shift it talks about, and also to provide a terminal couplet. It's a stanza form I use quite a bit, no looser than any, but with an informal sound owing to the distance between the AB lines and the BA. I don't know whether I invented it or not, but I do like it, and when necessary, break it. You'd be amazed at how often it goes completely unnoticed. Good eye.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cailleach, you've got me. Auden is a favorite of mine, as I'll make clear when his centenary arrives on the 21st. Meanwhile, when an acute reader suggests something I've written sounds a bit like him, I can only tug my forelock and mumble thanks.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596370319291639929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-20663920602442223332007-02-11T13:48:00.000-05:002007-02-11T13:48:00.000-05:00I like that reference to Eliot - 'Through the room...I like that reference to Eliot - 'Through the rooms we come and go'<BR/>and the former 'Moderns' too ;)<BR/><BR/>A bit W.H Auden, I'm thinking, but that might be because I'm reading him at present...<BR/><BR/>Provoking and enjoyable too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-16329750061131104472007-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:002007-02-11T13:03:00.000-05:00An interesting word rhythem, John, from the outer ...An interesting word rhythem, John, from the outer coming in, much like the picture.<BR/><BR/>It's only that the last stanza doesn't follow the pattern. Deliberate? You've got me thinking. <BR/><BR/>You've evoked a strong sense of what many scientists must feel after decades of tireless work.S. Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03976476273818980832noreply@blogger.com