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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
informative
reflective
relaxing
tense
slow-paced
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
slow because it’s hard to read but it’s also poetry so realistically it doesn’t take THAT long
I had finished reading Four Quartets prior to reading this work. I would say that while I found this work entertaining, his skills had definitely evolved by the time of the publication Four Quartets had been issued, though it is the less popular of the two. I respect the fact that he is a well-read man & that this work marks a momentus change in the style of writing but I find that he borrows far too much for it to be considered one of better works. I know this is a common knock on this writer but I do not have the same furious qualm most people have. I think it is fine to reference just not in this massive quantity. I found it interesting to see the feelings of ineptitude & envy towards Dante. It is fascinating to see that in a writer so many revere as a literary giant. My favorite poem is the The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock because it has the originality & drawings from & the ingenuity I came to respect in his later works. I will probably revisit it in the future & perhaps I will develop a new understanding & love for it.
Stand on the highest pavement of the stair-Lean on a garden urn-
Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair-
Clasp your flowers to you with a pained surprise~
Fling them to the ground and turn
With a fugitive resentment in your eyes:
But weave, weave the sunlight in your hair.
So I would have had him leave,
So I would have had her stand and grieve,
So he would have left
As the soul leaves the body torn and bruised,
As the mind deserts the body it has used.
I should find
Some way incomparably light and deft, Some way we both should understand,
Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.
She turned away, but with the autumn weather
Compelled my imagination many days,
Many days and many hours:
Her hair over her arms and her arms full of flowers.
And I wonder how they should have been together!
I should have lost a gesture and a pose.
Sometimes these cogitations still amaze
The troubled midnight and the noon's repose
I can't pretend I'm the biggest fan of Eliot's work (love his subject matter, tolerate his rhyme schemes). But this not only includes some classics, but also notes on the titular work from the author himself - some extremely valuable insight.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced