Halfway between homage and parody
AMID THE ALIEN CORN AT BETHEL CEMETERYWhen first they kissed in winter snowfall, Warm breath undid what firm lips sealed.No need to look ahead and reckonWhat years of colder blasts revealed,What...
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Frank--I've puzzled over this for a while, & to be honest I don't quite get it. If it's grafted onto another poem, I haven't caught the reference (it might be embarassing if it proves to be...
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Mike, your description does indeed highlight the irregularities of this formal stanza. The model for this kind of form and classic sentiment I drew from Housman's Shropshire lyrics. I thought the last...
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Frank --I myself have always prefered parodies of Houseman to his actual verse. Sorry I missed the connection before. Once you mention it, I like the third stanza a lot more. Thanks. -- Mike
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Hi FrankThis is very Housman, but far too serious a work in its own right to be a parody.Personally I like Housman very much, but there are big gaps in my knowledge of his work. Would you mind posting...
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David,The third stanza stemmed from my having seen a field plowed in spring right up to the margin of a rural cemetery. I had not been reading Housman, but somehow the lines jotted in a notebook...
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I too was completely stumped on the Housman affinity and think the poem is probably less than halfway between homage and parody--maybe not even a quarter of the way from homage. I must admit I've...
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