tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747015106979321087.post1751933894837124395..comments2023-08-26T05:12:51.231-07:00Comments on What She Read...: Spring : Poem In Your PostLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101403269247563087noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747015106979321087.post-50285528008124168242013-04-14T10:26:38.568-07:002013-04-14T10:26:38.568-07:00No kidding, E!
I'm glad to hear that you'r...No kidding, E!<br />I'm glad to hear that you're celebrating Poetry Month in your reading, Anne.<br />What do you two make of Edna's poem here? <br />What gripped me was her ironic and - for me - unexpected juxtaposition of springtime imagery with dark musings on mortality, and then her final, blisteringly bitter personification of this "cruelest month". <br />Plus I'm intrigued by how April seems to feature more often in American and European literature than many other months - Chaucer, then Eliot, and Millay all come to mind.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15101403269247563087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747015106979321087.post-42223119274096661782013-04-13T21:33:31.445-07:002013-04-13T21:33:31.445-07:00I'm on a poetry bender right now, too. I still...I'm on a poetry bender right now, too. I still have a hard time reading most poems without some commentary, however. I just don't see the symbolism on my own. But with a little help, I've come to treasure the literary style.Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747015106979321087.post-36931708537324710412013-04-13T11:07:47.838-07:002013-04-13T11:07:47.838-07:00My, but that one IS dark, isn't it?My, but that one IS dark, isn't it? As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.com