Outstanding analysis with helped me to appreciate so much more! I love the density of poetry-- a poetry says in so few words what it takes the essayist paragraphs to unpack.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever read. Not only the poem, but also the lovely literary tour of the poet’s thoughts and words provided by the professor. Thanks for this.
This analysis inspired me to check out the Poetry for All podcast - thanks Abram! The line "What I do is me: for that I came" is reminiscent of the incarnation. Enjoyed the pivot from inanimate to the human experience - the just man justices!
Thanks for introducing this poem. I appreciate so much the idea that a poem is not reducible to a list of propositions. The form itself carries meaning, creates an environment that can be revisited and rediscovered.
Thank you for this in depth analysis to add to my appreciation of this beautiful poem!
What bubbled up for me as I read this was the choice of the objects. I saw in these metaphors for relationship with the divine.
The string a ready to be plucked unraveling of a path. The stones of a roundy well standing on the edge of the depths of holy mystery. The bell unable to contain its desire to sing out in praise.
We so often get the imagery of God in nature but I love the reminder that the holy presence surrounds us everywhere.
Amen! What you have laid out here is exactly why this poem is one of my all-time favourites. It is a beautiful disclosure, a poem bigger on the inside than the outside.
How you spoke about this poem not only helped me read this one with narrowed depth, but I believe will help me think differently, and more directly about other poems I come across.
Outstanding analysis with helped me to appreciate so much more! I love the density of poetry-- a poetry says in so few words what it takes the essayist paragraphs to unpack.
Thank you. Yes, that power of brevity and density. I love it too.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever read. Not only the poem, but also the lovely literary tour of the poet’s thoughts and words provided by the professor. Thanks for this.
Thank you
What resources do you recommend for learning more about writing in various poetry forms?
Great question. I find this anthology useful. But there are many others: https://a.co/d/fXQPw8E
Thank you!!
This analysis inspired me to check out the Poetry for All podcast - thanks Abram! The line "What I do is me: for that I came" is reminiscent of the incarnation. Enjoyed the pivot from inanimate to the human experience - the just man justices!
Wow. Just beautiful.
Thanks for introducing this poem. I appreciate so much the idea that a poem is not reducible to a list of propositions. The form itself carries meaning, creates an environment that can be revisited and rediscovered.
This article was so insightful. Thank you very much for such a thorough analysis. I can't wait to read more.
Thank you for this in depth analysis to add to my appreciation of this beautiful poem!
What bubbled up for me as I read this was the choice of the objects. I saw in these metaphors for relationship with the divine.
The string a ready to be plucked unraveling of a path. The stones of a roundy well standing on the edge of the depths of holy mystery. The bell unable to contain its desire to sing out in praise.
We so often get the imagery of God in nature but I love the reminder that the holy presence surrounds us everywhere.
Amen! What you have laid out here is exactly why this poem is one of my all-time favourites. It is a beautiful disclosure, a poem bigger on the inside than the outside.
How you spoke about this poem not only helped me read this one with narrowed depth, but I believe will help me think differently, and more directly about other poems I come across.
Thank you.