02-23-2016, 06:40 AM
Paul,
I liked the poem through the first three lines. Interesting play on words with "rouse me". I can't decide if it was intended or not. Probably or you would have used "wake me".
If one were to say the first three lines were inspired, then the last line seems disingenuous, unless of course it is alluding to something that I am not aware of, in which case I still don't like it. It has been however, nearly forty years since I last read the story, although I did see the Ben Stiller movie recently. All I got from that is that Ben Stiller is too intense to play Walter Mitty (it's in the eyes), although I did think Sean Penn did very well with his role, even though I do not like Sean Penn personally.
Maybe you will tell me if L4 relates to something specifically from the story...
dale
I liked the poem through the first three lines. Interesting play on words with "rouse me". I can't decide if it was intended or not. Probably or you would have used "wake me".
If one were to say the first three lines were inspired, then the last line seems disingenuous, unless of course it is alluding to something that I am not aware of, in which case I still don't like it. It has been however, nearly forty years since I last read the story, although I did see the Ben Stiller movie recently. All I got from that is that Ben Stiller is too intense to play Walter Mitty (it's in the eyes), although I did think Sean Penn did very well with his role, even though I do not like Sean Penn personally.
Maybe you will tell me if L4 relates to something specifically from the story...
dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.