Where the golden girls ran and the panels read: Gone Monotone Prayers Of SteelĪnd fastens at last the last braid and coilĪnd the panels read and the girls chanted: While noted for his salty humor- just read Gone and say he cannot touch as well.įour Preludes. Written 2 years before Eliot's The Waste Land, with all of the power, and none of the drag- it is still a marvel. But just read the wonder that is Four Preludes On Playthings Of The Wind. Neglected Poets S-Z: Carl Sandburg William Seaton Kenneth Slessor Stevie Smith Billy Marshall Stoneking Shuntaro Tanikawa Georg Trakl Marina Tsvetaeva Hone Tuwhare Mark Van Doren Margaret Walker Sandor Weores Rogan Whitenails Judith WrightĪ giant in his day- now scorned. Despite this site's providing over 100,000 searches per month to Google, that company refuses to allow me to customize a site search w/o wanting to charge me $1000/yr for the privilege of providing them with customers and revenues. The narrator also speculates about the future possibility of the child's death which is represented by the symbolism of "night".To search Cosmoetica, click here. The discovery of pregnancy enables the narrator to understand the importance and value of life. Discoveries "stimulate new ideas, enable us to speculate about future possibilities."ĭiscovery enables an individual to consider new possibilities and to form new ideas, values and beliefs. The poet expresses this in the line "where out of darkness rose the seed". Pregnancy can often be unexpected for an individual and consequently be a "confronting" challenge or situation to deal with. Consequently, it can be seen that the narrator's life will be forever changed due to the need to care and protect for the child. The poem outlines the "far-reaching" consequences of having a child, "focus of the world". "The impact of these discoveries can be far-reaching and transformative for the individual"
We are unaware if the "woman" has experienced child birth before, however the poem tracks in depth the various stages, i.e discovery of pregnancy, the beginning of pregnancy, an evolving relationship between mother and child and the experience of child birth. The text explores the concept of child birth and the new experiences a mother will endure. "Discovery can encompass the experience of discovering something for the first time" Repetition of words such as "still", "world" "I am" in the poem.First person narration allows for a personal relationship to be established between the reader and the narrator.The poem begins with the concept of birth (the beginning) and concludes with “night” (death). The use of figurative language ( language or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal expression ) helps to portray the stages of motherhood and the constant learning and understanding which occurs.The fourth and final stanza describes the discovery of child birth and the impact she has had on bringing a child into the world.The third stanza represents the increasing development of the relationship between the mother and the unborn child.The second stanza describes the beginning of pregnancy when the mother and the unborn child are in the initial stages of their eternal relationship.The first stanza portrays the discovery of her pregnancy , e.g “where out the darkness rose the seed”.The four stanza structure traces the path of discovery a mother experiences from conception to the birth of the child.
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