tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post7111410882169063009..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Edward Thomas: BirdsongFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-87635076676573097332016-03-22T18:29:43.316-07:002016-03-22T18:29:43.316-07:00Stephen,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I...Stephen,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I wasn't aware of the connection between some of his poetry and his prose writings nor about Frost's comments. <br /><br />I have the Longley edition, so I shall be sure to check the notes, if any, for each poem.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8679098266045593752016-03-22T12:53:56.883-07:002016-03-22T12:53:56.883-07:00Fred: First, thank you very much for mentioning F...Fred: First, thank you very much for mentioning First Known When Lost. Second, your closing remarks are right on the money. When Thomas talked to Frost about beginning to write poetry, Frost specifically suggested to Thomas that he should use some of the passages in this nature writings as the basis for poems, since Frost believed that those passages were already "poetic." Thomas followed this advice. Probably the best known example is Thomas's poem "Rain", which can be traced back to his book The Icknield Way. In her annotated edition of Thomas's poetry (Bloodaxe Books 2008), Edna Longley identifies several instances in which prose passages were transformed into poetry.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8041683826940613212016-03-21T11:35:00.188-07:002016-03-21T11:35:00.188-07:00R.T.,
OK, thanks for the reference. I think it w...R.T.,<br /><br />OK, thanks for the reference. I think it would be fascinating to find out what poetry and poets Dickinson read and liked.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-28000464026310695012016-03-21T11:26:42.883-07:002016-03-21T11:26:42.883-07:00Fred, I don't have answers for your questions,...Fred, I don't have answers for your questions, but Cynthia Wolff's biography of Emily Dickinson (which I read but have mostly forgotten) is the one-stop source for all things worth knowing (and knowable) about the Belle of Amhurst. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-5168303878014568062016-03-21T11:22:42.583-07:002016-03-21T11:22:42.583-07:00R.T.,
Are you aware of anything Dickinson as said...R.T.,<br /><br />Are you aware of anything Dickinson as said specific poets or poetry? <br /><br />Do we have any idea of what poets or poetry she had read?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-34153113188652784622016-03-21T10:30:23.666-07:002016-03-21T10:30:23.666-07:00If I feel physically as if the top of my head were...If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Emily Dickinson<br /> Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/emilydicki164583.html<br />RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-31908142200376526082016-03-21T09:35:16.122-07:002016-03-21T09:35:16.122-07:00R.T.,
Not that flimsy of an argument.
Has Dick...R.T.,<br /><br />Not that flimsy of an argument. <br /><br />Has Dickinson ever said anything about a poet or poems that "blows her mind"?<br /><br />Do we have any idea of what poetry she had read?<br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-19136345799905437622016-03-21T08:30:53.172-07:002016-03-21T08:30:53.172-07:00Fred, for sakes of argument, let me say that le mo...Fred, for sakes of argument, let me say that le mot juste, chosen by the poet, appears in harmony with other words and elements, leading the reader/auditor to see with the mind's eye something simultaneously singular and universal; but I set aside that flimsy argument and defer to both Wordsworth (you've cited) and Dickinson (who said something about recognizing poetry when it blows her mind).RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-58893343080468023022016-03-21T08:17:07.155-07:002016-03-21T08:17:07.155-07:00Mudpuddle,
William Wordsworth said, “Poetry is th...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />William Wordsworth said, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-36880988228253712522016-03-21T08:13:34.104-07:002016-03-21T08:13:34.104-07:00R.T.,
Diction is all?
What makes it the best w...R.T.,<br /><br />Diction is all? <br /><br />What makes it the best word?<br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-75593387548497644432016-03-21T07:27:23.885-07:002016-03-21T07:27:23.885-07:00i sure like the way he talks about birds. unfortu...i sure like the way he talks about birds. unfortunately i can no longer hear birdsong, but i remember what it's like and descriptions like the above bring it home; maybe that's some kind of definition of poetry: that which brings to mind real scenes vivid apprehension. or is that too pretentious...?Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-9327401838264142952016-03-21T06:35:14.542-07:002016-03-21T06:35:14.542-07:00Diction decisions become precise notes in the lyri...Diction decisions become precise notes in the lyrical measures of the writer's song; hence, the caring writer becomes poet when he cares enough to choose only the precise notes. All other elements fall behind diction. Le mot juste. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com